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

Andrew Vida osan at netlabs.net
Wed Mar 26 09:47:49 EST 2008


If you want to be a real cynic, hire a quadriplegic to the same role. 
You'd probably run out of inventory on the basis of tears alone.

capitalism at its best.

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 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
>>
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