I’m never sure what’s fair and what’s not, especially when it comes to my art. I was grateful to have reasonable expectations and outcomes for a recent open studio tour. At 73, with 40 years of making art behind me I think it’s fair to expect 100 plus visitors and sell at least $500 in work. Didn’t happen. I saw about 20 people and sold zero dollars worth of work. And that’s fair.
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Kill Books, Shred Paper; Art is a Passion for Destruction
I’m a collage artist. Love anything from the postwar era. All my vintage texts have whole sections torn out, some are gutted. Going to hell for such ruination. And that’s okay.
The debate over whether or not to ruin books dates from Gutenberg (likely).
Author Susan Orlean authored The Library Book. Orleans confronted her adoration of the printed page by attempting to burn a book. “A book feels like a thing alive in this moment...they take on a kind of human vitality.”
Sheesh, I've been killing books for decades with no apparent karmic cost.
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