Message 2 is that few Mormons expect their collective 15 minutes of fame to change them much, other than perhaps providing the opportunity for more outsiders to take a look under the hood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
But if fame represents a collective judgment of merit, then that judgment itself may be judged, and found wanting.
So, a lot of you will be going to Vega tonight to see a rap-collective that was tweeted to fame by Kanye West.
That is because genuine scientific progress is usually collaborative and collective even if the nature of fame, and fiction, is to single out individuals and hand them all the credit.
This includes documentation of important works by iconic SoCal muralists such as Barbara Carrasco, Yreina D. Cervántez, Willie Herrón III (of Asco fame), Roberto Chavez and the collective known as the East Los Streetscapers (David Botello, Wayne Alaniz Healy and George Yepes).
If Andy Warhol had never lived -- turning Campbell's Soup cans into pop art icons, injecting the "15 minutes of fame" meme into our collective consciousness -- American culture, as we know it, might never have happened.
At least as much as collective talent, familiarity was their ticket to fame.
By his own account, Mr. Herseth, a genial, plain-spoken native of rural Minnesota, did not seek wider fame, saying he found more pleasure in collective music-making than in solo playing.
Disposable fame is sweet in "Super Night Shot," the collective title for the instant films being shown at the Public Theater as part of the Under the Radar Festival.
