--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Thog of Cave People <thog@...>
wrote:
> Makes me want to start a real printing house for "alternative"
> artists. It seems so unfair that you have to skulk around, and
pay
> prices like that.
I wouldn't call it skulking. I'm more than happy to show the work
to anyone who's curious or stupid enough to ask what I'm printing
(that's how I got in trouble at a Kinko's in Florida; some old broad
just couldn't contain her curiosity, so I showed her some pages from
the "Lori" folio. You can imagine where that went). But since I
live in a real pro-Christian bible-belt area, it's best not to draw
too much attention to oneself unless necessary.
> No wonderment here. But, most of the people who do that are
unaware
> of what effort goes into the process, and those that download them
> instead of paying for them ("because I can't afford it") don't
realize
> that the artist has to eat too.
>
> It's not too much different from somebody coming up to me and
asking
> for free computer advice, or to come look at their home system.
When
> I tell them my consulting rate, they get all pissy. I tell 'em,
> "Look, this is how I make my living. You're in construction (as
an
> example), would you come build a set of bookshelves for me for
free?"
Yeah, but their usual argument is "Well, I shouldn't have to pay
for porn" or even better, "I like to preview the work first, and if I
like it, I'll buy it". If I had a dollar for every time I heard some
future fry-cook spout those words of idiocy, I could fucking retire.
--JMH
Received on Wed Jan 16 2008 - 05:19:42 CST