Smart Art

Like any business, artistic value depends on promotion, style and recognition.  Unfortunately, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and new art relies on critics, galleries and “experts”, to gain popularity.  If it is beautiful to look at, it could take years before it becomes worth anything.  I’ve been told my art surpasses some [...]

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Population implosion

In 1880, the philosopher Thomas Malthus made a prediction that is now affecting our society in ways he couldn’t foresee, but are eeirily similar to his general theory on population control.  When you remove war, plague and other problems, population growth will skyrocket, unless a natural disaster occurs.  Taken alone, this is an excellent argument for space colonization [...]

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Life in a day..

Money.  That’s what I want…Gotta have it, need to have it, but to what depths will you sink just to get some?  I was walking along downtown Vancouver today, and the wind blew a $5.00 dollar bill past a group of people.  To a person, they all dived on it.  It was so pathetic it was hillarious.  I [...]

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Art as value, or just value in art…

This was a real comedy of errors.  After a bad accident, I began painting again, as part of my physiotherapy. I have always painted.  After a while, I became a better artist (but still disabled), and created a new style, unique and enjoyable.  After people have bought some, I suppose I’m now considered a struggling artist (note pic of [...]

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