Puppies and Babies

Yesterday was the last day of Around The Coyote. I was anxious to get it done. I'm not into retail, even if it's my own stuff. -At least face to face retail but anonymous on-line retail is my kind of thing and I may post some watercolors on etsy.- Seriously disheartened I settled into the day and started talking to my very cool booth neighbors. The first band of the day started playing and the lyrics caught my ear and demanded attention.

puppies and babies
puppies and babies
puppies and babies
are soft and cuddly

It was kind of brilliant and very true and had far more depth than Brittney's new hit "womanizer womanizer ..." something about not fronting. The band was a group of developmentally disabled people who write their own stuff and play their own instruments. They were sincerely better than some of the bands I listened to and more importantly they were turned down to a descent level. Keeping all the arts under one roof maybe not such a hot idea. A loud jazz band is not helpful when some tall sweaty man with a facial tic, red Sally Jesse glasses is trying to tell me something about how he liked my work. I'm 5'8 and my head barely made it to his armpit. I had to lean in closely to his humpty dumpty type belly and say "What?!" in the bar conversation fashion. He sweated more. He didn't buy anything and limped away. In conclusion, the music was counterproductive. If I was there to check things out, the stuffy air, crowded stalls and loud music would equal "lets get outta here" not let me browse through this charming girl's drawings and familiarize myself with her work.

But I don't run something like that because it's a logistical nightmare and I met some great people, did some serious people watching, reread Camus' The Stranger, and sold enough work to break even.

Anyhoo, I'm thinking about ditching my myspace blog and bringing it over here. I like writing down my musing into the internet void. Lord knows I don't need another thing to check obsessively online, but I like to compartmentalize things and moving my musings into a less googleable arena seems like a good idea to me.