Keep Up the Good Work

Color me delighted and tired, folks. You are KICKING MY ASS with zine requests (and I mean that in a good way). After giving away literally HUNDREDS and sending them ALL OVER the world (Hi Singapore! Hi Italy! Hi Australia!), I am afraid the free offer has to come to an end. SO SAD, I know! But that doesn't mean you can't still get one, you just have to purchase the little ol' thing. I can't keep up otherwise!

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There's also a button on the sidebar.

I have a dream, people, and that is every creative person in the work place (including those who work from home and are stay at home parents) will rise up and say, ME TOO. I AM AN ARTIST and I am NOT GONNA BE INVISIBLE ANYMORE.

I have been moved at all your stories and the amazing work you have shared with me. There's A LOT OF US arty types working it out there. I've recognized myself in EVERY SINGLE scenerio that people wrote me about. I have been BORED and DEMORALIZED and ANGRY and BAFFLED at my jobs. I've also been GRATEFUL for health insurance, for a regular pay check and a place to go.

I think what I've struggled with is this GUILT that I can't somehow "make it" as a full-time artist. I've tried, actually--but there's a lot I didn't factor in: ME, for example. I need structure to get stuff done. I need deadlines and accountability, and most of all, I need people. The months that I've been a full-time artist, I got just about as much done creatively as I did with a full-time job. Freelance isn't for everyone. Right now at least, it isn't for me.

I would like to salute all of you out there who have been MAKING IT WORK as full-timers, temps, stay at home parents, you name it, you work it, while also doing your art, whatever medium(s) that may be. I am not going to devide us from the full-time artists out there--because, let's face it, we ARE full-time artists--we also happen to work another job. I just want to say, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORT. Keep up the good work.