HUFFINGTON POST: janet-langsam: This year's summer Olympics has raised sports to an art form. Gymnast Gabby Douglas might have been a ballerina for all her grace and flexibility. Swimmer Michael Phelps might have been a sculptor for all his power and focus. Glued as I was to the TV, watching what to me was performance art at its finest, I wondered why we don't have an Olympics of the Arts. That line of thought led me to bemoan once again the absence of the arts at the "real" Olympics. The Olympics after all elevates the value of competition. It celebrates diversity and ambition, and it engages everyone -- participants and audiences alike throughout the world. That kind of broad, worldwide visibility is just what we need in the arts.Read Source here