[TheForge] Re: File Making, sniffing up wrought iron

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I've long fantasized hiring a charming, delicate little oriental 
lady who would pretend to be the sculptor and sell my work as her 
own. We could concoct an appropriate line of BS to make it credible.
That way i could just shove finished pieces out the door and 
never have to think about them again....Moneys would painlessly 
appear in the account. I would seldom have to lie....pf

Mike Spencer wrote:
> Andy Vida wrote:
> 
>> The whole gold rush thing could really fly IMO.  People eat stuff
>> like that right up... especially the more-money-than-brains yuppies in
>> NYC who pride themselves on their trendy chic style-du-jour.
> 
> Don't you realize, Andy, that some people don't want to bother even to
> think about conning the marks?  That it would disturb their wa to do
> so?  That they might even not want things they make to fall into the
> hands of such people?
> 
> You're saying, "Hey, hey, shape up, you're not maxing out your
> revenue. man.  This is bidness, y'know?  C'mon, give Frosty 10 off the
> top and he'll make you a lot of money.  You can double production,
> quintuple revenue and then you'll be gettin' a name for yourself.
> Then you'll be able to market to the..."
> 
> Artists don't have to starve in order to prove that they're pure at
> heart.  But they have to follow their star and who are you to say that
> they should digress from that journey to bring their level of
> consumption up to your standards should their star happen to lead them
> otherwise and elswhere?  Jeez.
> 
> 
> - Mike
>