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buy barter or burn by the beach brunch + birthday, video of art party, 2019
twenty years ago, on a sunday afternoon, my sister and i sold handmade greeting cards on our front porch
in the span of four hours
one neighbor came:
an old lady, who bought
three cards.
we made $3 yet
i kept at it
so by the time i was sixteen
i was making fine art
i sold a painting for $300
which still hangs in the house where i babysat
i sold a painting for icecream
one summer in yosemite
i wouldn’t sell a painting for iceceam today
i’m lactose intolerant.
but i would sell a painting for
a rock
an avocado
three poetry books
a fingerpainting
a totoro pendant
or an olive tree
i don’t want to end this by saying
“one person’s trash is another person’s treasure”
or “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
or “i need to work on my art business skills”
but there will be old ladies and good friends
that buy your paintings
(bless them)
there will be **** and ******* and other institutions
that reject you completely
(bless them)
there will be more paintings
drawings
collages
performances
installations
and found object fabric constructions
and all you needed was
one grad school anyways
so here’s to
art art art
art you sell
and art you burn
and art you keep
(the end)