I think about those two artists now and then and hope they're ok, but also that they learned from that lack of communication and don't pull that on others :\ I totally get that life can be such A Thing that something as simple as driving to the post office to ship art is one too many spoons, but I'd also feel utterly guilty for taking someone's money and not following up on my end of the deal.
Also also, I feel more art programs or whatever need to have freaking classes going over business etiquette. For all the classes I had the went over Making The Thing, I had fuck all for real-life tools. We were expected to "learn" this from internships, none that were provided by the school, thus varied in quality. And that was if you were lucky to find one, let alone get accepted. Even when I did yoga teacher training, of the 200 hours required to finish the program, literally one hour was spent on "business practices" which involved how to make a website. And they wondered why only the stay-at-home, middle-class wives actually took off with studios and practices. I just wish this world was more accessible with helping people figure this crap out instead of stumbling our way through shitty mistakes.
And also I need "Lord grant us all the strength to turn down sales and commissions with the self-confidence of a middle-aged man" on a damn aesthetic poster to hang in my office because WHAT A MOOD.
Thanks for coming to my sleep-deprived 8:30am Ted Talk
ME TOO WITH THE FIC COMMENTS!!!! I am happy AO3 recently revealed the "no comments" feature. The moderated comments option is nice, but you still get notifications for them, which is super stressful if someone is spamming you with bullshit.
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I think about those two artists now and then and hope they're ok, but also that they learned from that lack of communication and don't pull that on others :\ I totally get that life can be such A Thing that something as simple as driving to the post office to ship art is one too many spoons, but I'd also feel utterly guilty for taking someone's money and not following up on my end of the deal.
Also also, I feel more art programs or whatever need to have freaking classes going over business etiquette. For all the classes I had the went over Making The Thing, I had fuck all for real-life tools. We were expected to "learn" this from internships, none that were provided by the school, thus varied in quality. And that was if you were lucky to find one, let alone get accepted. Even when I did yoga teacher training, of the 200 hours required to finish the program, literally one hour was spent on "business practices" which involved how to make a website.
And they wondered why only the stay-at-home, middle-class wives actually took off with studios and practices.I just wish this world was more accessible with helping people figure this crap out instead of stumbling our way through shitty mistakes.And also I need "Lord grant us all the strength to turn down sales and commissions with the self-confidence of a middle-aged man" on a damn aesthetic poster to hang in my office because WHAT A MOOD.
Thanks for coming to my sleep-deprived 8:30am Ted TalkME TOO WITH THE FIC COMMENTS!!!! I am happy AO3 recently revealed the "no comments" feature. The moderated comments option is nice, but you still get notifications for them, which is super stressful if someone is spamming you with bullshit.