Cultural influences are just that- influences. I suppose it's also ingrained in me as a writer that relevance can be so ephemeral - I think of Faulkner's speech On Receiving the Nobel Prize and how truly significant influencers aim for universality, and things that speak to all ages and times. As Faulkner said in his speech, the griefs of writers today oftentimes grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. I don't just want to be a man of my time. Maybe this is my preoccupation at the moment...I don't know, but that's how your post impacted me ...a personal response perhaps