Keep art elitism OUT of SL

Im a bit confused why a virtual copy of a an ORIGINAL piece of artwork for sale for any price counts as "Elitism"

Its their art they can sell it for what they want.

In the Real world the "Elitism" you sometimes see in art has nothing to do with the prices. Its a mindset.

Telling people what they can sell their Content for? Im not for that at all.

SL tends to be a very open and accepting place for everyone. Too bad all of our residents don't understand how this works. *coughcough



According to dictionary.com:
rob
1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
2. to deprive (someone) of some right or something legally due: they robbed her of her inheritance.
3. to plunder or rifle (a house, a shop, etc.)
4. to deprive of something unjustly or injuriously

Care to tell me how you think SL artists are robbing people? I pay them the money they are asking for their art...I get their art...I'm happy, they are happy. The only person unhappy is YOU... I know when I'm shopping for art that I'm buying a texture on a prim. It's not like some big secret and when I get it back to my island, I pull it out, shocked and amazed that someone had the audacity to sell me just a prim with their beautiful art on it! How dare them.



I think you just want everyone to be and think JUST like you. *tsk tsk



How the hell can you justify what YOU charge?! Do you really think your art is so bad you need to charge less than a dollar for it?! I wouldn't even sell my childhood art for a buck, that's insane.



You're WAY too bitter. Grow up.



If you hate it here in SL so much, leave. You've stated in your post you don't give a shit about any artist here in SL, so why should we give a shit about you or your stupid reasons for hating SL?

Putting my cynical head on for the moment, his post here was to prime the market for another one where he announced all his art is now free, and to please checkout the other galleries in the area while there.. So just a theatrical way to announce he's going to be using his art as loss leaders for the other galleries I guess. Seems to me he'd have got a better response without the theatrics..

Although I love a good suspense novel or conspiracy theory, sadly, I do not think this post is either of the two. He is serious. He is bitter. He is ranting.

We are made to feel guilty about charging L1000 for a piece of original (made and sold by the creator) artwork--but when it boils down, the hours spent creating are sourly paid hours. A lot of us can easily make 30+ USD \hr in RL...why would we sell an original logo, print, painting for the equivalent of $5 USD?

Yes, it is true that I cringe at the scripter who dare charge me L10,000 for a simple script that they either already had, or coded in less than an hour. Buuuuuut...clean code can be worth it. Just like an 'original' piece hanging in your office might be as well.

We have to find a balance--however, you must also never forget to shop around. There are whiz kids out there charging very little for their quality work. Like me! I'm kidding....sheesh.

"How can you justify L$3000 for this?"

I once heard this answer at a store and fell in love with it.

"Because I own it and you don't."

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I *LIKE* having exclusive items. I'll pay more for them, if I'm the only one walking out of your store with one, and don't see another 49 people walking out with the same item.

Demanding that everyone cut their prices so they can flood the market with low-priced, cloned "be like everyone else" artwork? No thanks.

You do business like Anshe does.

I don't buy from her, either.

I am a sensitive artist.
Nobody understands me because I am so deep.
In my work I make allusions to books that nobody else has read,
Music that nobody else has heard,
And art that nobody else has seen.
I can't help it
Because I am so much more intelligent
And well-rounded
Than everyone who surrounds me.

I stopped watching tv when I was six months old
Because it was so boring and stupid
And started reading books
And going to recitals
And art galleries.
I don't go to recitals anymore
Because my hearing is too sensitive
And I don't go to art galleries anymore
Because there are people there
And I can't deal with people
Because they don't understand me.

I stay home
Reading books that are beneath me,
And working on my work,
Which no one understands

I am sensitive...
I am a sensitive artist

-- King Missile 1987

Nice post Malachi. I enjoyed reading that. The author/subject is a bit cavalier, but nonetheless, bells ring true, and the material is quality.

Delightful read there. ;D

The song is so much better with the dischordant, poorly timed backing tracks and the obligato backround vocals ranting in a P. T. Gumby voice: "Sensitive! I ... am Sensitive! I am a Sensitive artist!". Seek it out.

To round out the offering, I submit:

Jesus was way cool
Everybody liked Jesus
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did
He turned water into wine
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into marijuana
Or sugar into cocaine
Or vitamin pills into amphetamines

He walked on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool

If you were blind or lame
You just went to Jesus
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool

He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Barishnikov
Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Jesus was way cool

He told people to eat his body and drink his blood
That's so cool
Jesus was so cool
But then some people got jealous of how cool he was
So they killed him
But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went up to heaven
I mean, that's so cool
Jesus was way cool

No wonder there are so many Christians