06-07-2009, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by Erlinda
In the way of development, I think it might be cool to see an artists' cooperative in Pahoa. Has that been tried before? I see a lot of creative folks around Puna and it would be one place where a lot of artists could showcase their works. Don't know what the rent would be like, though. And it would have to be staffed by the artists themselves taking turns.
I tried to pull together the Puna Artist's Collaborative last year. For several months, I tried to get artists who were willing to be members. They all wanted to be personally represented without any care about the other members or their needs. I tried to get several artists to work together to create an "Artist's Guild" of sorts... What ended up happening was a lot of very self absorbed people wanted to make their ideas happen without putting any personal or financial investment into it and without having to help anyone else make it happen. The mantra became "what can you do for ME" and I eventually got pretty disgusted with the sense of entitlement that seems to accompany so many of these free spirited artist types. You know the ones.... We don't believe in money, but hey, can you give me some of your resources so I don't have to go and find a job...
I eventually got really frustrated and realized that the only way I was going to see any change in this town is if I just did it myself. Thus, the store and joining PMSBA, and my Art Walk idea....
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars."
"How do you know i am mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the cat "or you wouldnt have come here."
"You must be," said the cat "or you wouldnt have come here."