Q and A
Have you forgotten how to blog?
No. I've been studiously ignoring my personal blogs for a few different reasons.
Why are you giving up being an artist?
I want some money. Art doesn't pay.
But your work is in (insert show here)!
I'm not getting paid for any of the shows I'm in, apart from the touring show in
the Big M. Which I got paid €200 for, which doesn't cover my rent. You should
also note that anytime you see my work, this is stuff that I sent off at the
start of the year.
I heard you went on holiday to Berlin. How was that?
Yes, I went to Biggleswade to see my parents, Berlin to relax, and Hull to start
my own company. I enjoyed hanging out with my parents the most.
Start your own company?
Yes. I said I'd start my own company doing blogging. There's nothing like
saying your going to do something professionally to suck all the fun out of it.
What's not fun about blogging? It's great!
Says you, monkeyfucker. I've been using Drupal to blog with, and it's a bitch.
Also, I know who my audience are - and how technically literate they are. So, in
order - hi Dad, hi Sam, hi Brenda, hi Tom (sorry I've been slack in getting in
touch, say hi to the wife), hi Mum (who has got the email from Dad about this
and is reading it at work whilst drinking coffee), hi Keri. Of course, if people
weren't so damn stupid about how to work an RSS reader, that list would be a lot
longer.
What are you going to do now, in terms of this blog?
Once I've figured out how to make http://petehindle.com point to
http://petehindle.textdriven.com, I'm going to make this blog what it says at the top:
a repository. I have no great urge to make art at the minute as I've pointed
out, and I can't stand the idea of programming. Therefore, I'll let this site
sit and moulder for a bit as I listen to Joanna Newsom whilst playing World of
Warcraft.
Wow, WoW? Looking 4 healer, Stokads! Cn u hlp?
If you ever talk to me again I will bury you in my garden, you idiot child.
That last bit didn't make any sense...
Well, it didn't make sense if you aren't into the internet. I've always said
that I'm five years ahead of my generation when it comes to the internet, and it
really shows in the art world, where most of my contemporaries are too lazy to
learn how to work a modern computer. Frankly, I'm tired of feeling like the
straggly-haired prophet, shouting "but computers will put you in touch with a
larger audience!" to an unresponsive audience of paint-stained idiots who can't
see that people such as Warren Ellis have shown the way already. He's not the
internet messiah, he's a very naughty boy, but he's a very bright, naughty boy.
Always look on the bright sid-
Fuck you sideways. I've seen people break in many different ways this year, and all I
want is to get paid, do you hear me? I just want to be comfortable for once, and
not feel guilty for every penny I spend, whether it's my money or someone
else's. I want to be recognised for my enormous intellect. I want to be rewarded
for my skill with computers. And I want to be able to afford an xbox and play
Halo 3. Is that so bad?
note that this entry is messed up as it's been put through the wringer of Drupal's text entry system, and this is absolutely the last thing I'm ever writing in Drupal. If anybody knows a good drupal exit script (preferably to wordpress) let me know
Comments
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Any help?
p.s. you blog funny :)
Thanks Sam!
That helps a lot, cheers! It's not at the top of my GTD list, but it's certainly on my to-do list...
Hah, I was going to write
Hah, I was going to write that. Although I do like Drupal, it's absolutely fine for collaborations, better than WP imho.
Know what you mean about the artists, it must be awfully frustrating. Although I don't know any of the paint-stained kind, all the budding and established photographers I know are clueless beyond something like Web2, and those are limited. I'm doing a session for the degree students because getting yourself onto the web IS NOT ON THE CURRICULUM. Fffffs.
Pete. Get a job, recharge, earn some money, buy some new clothes and stuff and then you can get back to it at some point in the future. It is too hard to keep going without money. And I do want to collaborate on something. Just don't know what it is yet.
Are we all going to reply in order of our above designated geekyness? Go on, I know you want to.....
That starving artist thing?
Myth propagated by fatcats who want to get their art on the cheap.
Your pal, brendadada (c'mon...the song sez three "da"s, not four), is spot on. Take care of the physical plant. Even enjoy yourself a little. When you are rested and relaxed, the joy and playfulness will return.
Hopefully, they already have by now.
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