Written literature is essentially a constant as a medium for art that declines in popularity with the rise of a new exciting medium and thrives during the periods that separate them. New mediums bring about new and exciting options for artists to work with, and with the huge influx of available canvas' that came with the technological boom, more and more artists are veering away from the traditional forms of art and instead are being seduced by the untapped potential of new mediums such as film. The greatest works of art, past, present and future have been, and likely will continue to be, created by artists that are considered prodigies, and the prodigies of this modern era are simply not choosing books as their medium for the art they wish to create. There is simply no reason to when there are so many advantages to working with new mediums. Films have the ability to attract a much more diverse range of audiences with it's use of both audio and visual appeals. This along with the convenience of is what has resulted in the increasing audience for this new medium. The audience size for books on the other hand, has decreased along with it's quality due to the new faster pace that technology has set as the norm. The quality of the art is determined not by it's medium, but rather, by it's artist, but the success of the artist is determined not by their art, but rather, by the size of their audience. The attention span of the current generation is dramatically shorter than those who lived a century ago due to this new pace as "growing minds are more susceptible to developing a short attention span in response to the stimuli"(Fili) , and in turn, artists and entertainers are forced to respond to this shift with a new medium of literature that can match the pace of the current generation. Throughout history, artists have been forced to adapt to their audience, though John David Ebert…
