Over the past couple of days, I was clearing out the office of a former colleague, a task which left me in a surprisingly melancholy mood. Left unoccupied (except for a certain rodent visitor), much in the office had been undisturbed for months.
Among a number of artifacts, laden with memories of past joys, past heartaches, and whatnot, was the following little scrap of paper:
An old friend (who moved across the country to bigger and better things five years ago) had cut this out of a retro clip art book and taped it up as a sardonic commentary on the vast opportunities for wealth that an artist working in academia might enjoy.
If ONLY I could earn $75 - $100 a week with MY art… things would really be lookin’ up.
I hear you!
I took a look through the oil paintings on your site. Quite nice.