COLOR THEORY: Grey, the forgotten color.

ZONE SYSTEM : What is middle grey ? Middle values ? Most people are horrendous with color.

We are not Rainbow Bright dolls.    Monochromatics!

OF COURSE I PLAN THINGS:  Are you Michelangelo ?

         I generally plan 4 steps ahead . Why ? Because I like to know where I am going, I am not a visionary.

         I also like the intensity of a job well done.

         Resolving questions that arise all the time.

         Seeing if it has legs, lasting abilities.

. . . and if it fails, I move onwards with no remorse. I am never married to it. 

DEADLINES: Deadlines will teach you much about your abilities, to not treat it like it is the holy grail, but it is just a job that you happen to do well.

         To be efficient, stop the bullshitting, get to the point.

MANIFESTOS: I like manifestos; there's nothing like a blueprint. They are from the heart, they are also the blueprint from which we direct our paint, & create ideas.

BULLSHIT: Bullshit deserves bullshit, learn how to play poker and protect yourself.

MENTORING: Michelangelo had one. We all think that we are smarter than our teachers, so we will only listen to half of what they say, which is why mentoring goes on for years, with stubbornness. If we were any good to begin with, we'd be rich. 

SIZE MATTERS: Of course, size matters. Making art is an investment; it should hurt. Yet we will work up to bigger things over time.

COMMISSIONS: Once you get good enough, commissions take time. Probably the worst thing is listening to the client. On this alone, I will charge double, yet they want to feel like this is their creation. You will get a headache, but they will both be happy.

HOW TO SMOOSE : You're kidding, right ?

Ask me any question, I'd love to help. 

Our Stereotypes list for this year: https://www.aft.org/ae/summer2003/ravitch_sb1. How hard it is.  Dumb , Rude, Injustice, Senior, Unfair, Favoritism, Unity, Slave, Master, Hooker, Joint, Kill, Marijuana, Molest, Nazi, Pedophile, Pedophilia, Pimp, Poo, Pimp, Prostitute, Prostitution, Stab, Strangle, Strangulation, Suicidal, Teen, Teenager, Toddler, Unconscious. Ghetto, Blackmail, Down the River, Savage, Crippled, Blindsided, Lame, Grandfathered in, Tone Deaf, Blind Spot, Spooky, Sold Don the River, Pow Wow, Tribe 

Identity Art/ Politics  Dean Kissick  It's well-meaning, yet does it inspire more harm than good, as in helping MAGA to identify more than it aims to help? It is exclusionary at best. The content, we are looking at ways to disassociate, to look at our differences when we should be looking at what we have in common.