“ Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. ”
Some books are undeservedly forgotten none are undeservedly remembered.
~ W. H. Auden
What the mass media offer is not popular art but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food forgotten and replaced by a new dish.
The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe but each has to believe by himself.
If we really want to live we'd better start at once to try.