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Re: Wake up Call more reason for NEA & NEA!

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From: IronWynch
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00
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user@nospamforme.net wrote:

> mattart@netcom.com (Mattison) wrote:
>
> >They want all us artists and writers to develop content for their web
> >sites for FREE!!!  Are you a college trained professional in your
> >field ?  Do they pay you ?  Why should engineering and geek jobs be
> >more readily valued over artists and writers ?
>
> >CREATIVITY IS A PRODUCT!
> Economics 101...Only if you have a buyer.
>

Well, there are buyers...Even if I was trying to publish a 'zine or newsletter
out of my own pocket, I'd expect to pay the artists something...Even if it
wasn't much...I can get more hist with good content than I can with a rich
sponsor...Doesn't do me any good to cut corners, if nobody's going to read
what's there, because I was cheap...

> >Far as I can see there needs to be a huge
> >wake up call around here more funds to the NEA & NEH & inddividual artists.
>
> >Mattison FitzGerald
> >Artist
> >http://www.rhinodev.com/MJscalzi



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From: IronWynch <irnwynch@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Wake up Call more reason for NEA & NEA!
Date: 1997/11/11
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