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• [1] chestine from NY December 17, 2007 - 01:18PM

  does a bear poop in the woods?

  I didn't appreciate how bad it is until I went out to Brooklyn to a save Brooklyn party with an auction to which I donated an old print I'd made a zillion years ago that got into some museums - and met such great people also contributing (readings from their novels, a fabulous painter named Kyle Staver gave a linocut) - I thought I'd been to someplace really wonderful (which i had) but realized how absolutely sterile Manhattan has become, at least for me, I never meet my fellow pixillateds anymore - when Manhattan used to have art stores on every corner (or a lot of them) and i used to meet hopeful people like myself mingling with those with a modicum and more of "success" at parties - I took up screen writing when I had to get a day job and the years have exhausted me with little reward and now I am too tired even to have ambition! There were several ex-manhattanites out there - with real estate that paid for itself way back when etc. Yes I think commercialism is a huge distraction and drain on the life of the imagination of this culture - and i feel utterly out of my element here now, when i used to love NY because there seemed to be room for just about anybody. Maybe time to go.

  
  
• [2] chestine from NY December 17, 2007 - 01:22PM

  that was a long comment and i was answering today's and tomorrow's - consumerism amd artist in ny

  
  
• [3] tony from nyc December 17, 2007 - 01:38PM

  Your guest stated:

  European model - patronage of the arts by aristocracy

  BUT:

  US model - patronage of the arts by CORPORATIONS!!!

  Power is still inextricably links to ART/CULTURE

  Corporations are the modern day medicis

  
  
• [4] eric from jersey city December 17, 2007 - 01:42PM

  it's not just the arts. innovators of all kinds can face similar challenges. (and in an age of rapidly changing media, esthetics, paradigms, etc, how do we determine what is and isn't art?)

  
  
• [5] chestine from NY December 17, 2007 - 01:47PM

  some NYT reviewers have above all a stick in the bum

  
  
• [6] david from brooklyn December 17, 2007 - 01:48PM

  i'm an artist living in brooklyn and i don't find paying the rent to be all that hard. the reason being is that i got a job. you gotta do what you gotta do to be here and to continue working. maybe one day i'll not have to do this but i don't think i'm above having a job to pay the rent.

  
  
• [7] greengurl from NYC December 17, 2007 - 01:53PM

  Being responsible enough to have a job to pay your rent is one thing...Not having time to create is another.

  
  
• [8] Audrey from Baltimore December 17, 2007 - 01:54PM

  I am an artist who has been struggling with how to approach my art career. I work for one of the largest banks in the US in order to pay the mortgage (and I do like my job). I find that I have such a difficult time trying to find a satisfactory way to approach my work because having a full time job imposes so many limitations. One is expected to put so much into their craft, but little is received in return. Lately I just feel like making art for myself and keeping it enjoyable and simple. I am so happy to learn about this book - I cannot wait to read it!

  
  
• [9] artgirl from NYC January 05, 2008 - 10:07PM

  I find myself having to make a choice between full time work and art. I can't figure out how some can manage both a full time job and the ability to continue their artwork. Full time work drains me of so much time and energy, that my art goes by the wayside. Then I feel as if I am letting my talents go down the drain just to pay the rent. So I keep trying to find a way to make a living with art; I don't know why artists and musicians are expected to "work for a living" whereas everyone else gets to make money with their interests or talents. Perhaps that's just a clue as to how little value most people place on art and music; that they don't even believe artists and musicians should get paid for their creative efforts.