Square Two and an Art Pirate

Hi ho, Kermit the frog here to give you an update about the pop-up gallery/possible permanent space... well, somethings are too good to be true. The landlord of the space out right refused to allow a pop-up experience and then dropped the bomb that monthly rent is $3500. And, to even get in the space, there would be two months rent, one month security and a broker's fee (what effin broker he's talking about, I have no friggin' clue). All in all, about $10,080 to start. Yikes. Even if there were ten people involved, to get started it would be a little over one thousand. This amount isn't so much, but for a teacher who used to make more money waiting tables, yeah, it king of hurts.

Back to square two-yes, I said square two, as that first square is just jumping over the hurdle of knowing, knowing what you want and having the gumption to ask for it and taking action to get it. Square two. What to do? Well, start asking folks, folks I respect and vice versa that want to get something started. Yeah, that's where I need to go next, so that we may pool our resources and take the art world by storm, or, instead of by storm, maybe just a blustery day.


Even with the mild disappointment of not having access to this space (maybe I should just Kick-Starter that s**t) (small revelation), I sat next to an old friend at a birthday brunch today and was relating my story. She has always been a big supporter and is a genuinely beautiful spirit...and even this beautiful spirit, as it turns out, had a dirty secret. She admitted that although she loves my work and can't afford to buy art (and rightly so, most people can't), she had right-clicked on an image I posted on Facebook, printed it nine times and framed it.


She pirated my artwork.


My instant reaction was that of happiness. I was flattered that my work was pirated. In fact, I loved it. Piracy in the art world happens all the time and knowing I'm part of the whole agglomeration makes me giddy. If she pirated my art, who else has?


Here's what I made her send me, what my pirated art looks like...