As a very creative person, I am inspired by this site yet I can’t help wish that our society were more supportive of creative people. The sad reality is, many companies prefer not to hire creatives. They truly prefer syncophants to iconoclasts (or anyone who thinks “outside the box.” In fact, some employers require applicants to take personality tests to ensure that only certain types of people are hired. I’ve seen such tests that include questions about the applicant’s political beliefs and potentially radical ideals–yes, it’s true.

Schools have reduced their arts programs and parents often discourage their children from growing up to become actors, musicians or writers.

Earning a living as a creative person (and earning respect from friends and family for the creative work you do) is very much a challenge in contemporary society.

But I wonder where our society would be if there were no books, no cartoons, no paintings, no music, no theater, no film, etc. What an empty and lifeless world that would be!

It would be nice if people would begin to realize this and reward artists for our contributions so we could eliminate the “starving artist paying his/her dues” stereotype.

I’ll spread the logo for my part.

Looking forward to what you’ll do next.

i just moved to new york.
but, i’m not just out of college.
hmph.

As for the logo, beside the message, I love the simplicity of the text. Very nice!
Hope to see more of all this everyday in my RSS reader
–Paul