Today's Local News: SELL OUT

The art school I attended in Vancouver, at the time didn't give out degrees even though it was a four year program. They weren't focused on cranking out teachers, they were creating Artists. A true artist didn't need a degree - he/she just needed to find their own personal vision and express it. And when I graduated with my diploma in hand, I entered the world expressing my personal artistic vision and waiting tables. Selling shoes. Pouring beer. Cleaning toilets. Dancing on bar tops. Stuffing envelopes. Ordering office supplies. I never learned how to make money off my art. I shunned making money off my art. To do so was Prostitution. I wanted to be pure. I was no sell out. I was an Artist. A Starving Artist.

Now my art school gives out degrees. Now, as a forty year old parent on food stamps I've thrown my principles out the window. Two different people approached me about buying advertising space on my blog and I succumbed. Selling ad space on my blog or collecting food stamps? The choice is clear. And I have no shame. Penis enlargers, bunion treatments, cellulite creams, whatever. Bring it on. You got the money, I got the space. Scruples don't pay the rent or put food on the table. Of course it would be nice if I was able to advertise something I actually used or believed in. Or got a book deal with a 100K advance for that matter. Ah well, a girl can dream can't she?

Brooklyn weather: Warm and sunny.