I fund much to like in the proactive nature of what this post delivers. The
cult of the consultant irks me too, but are we replacing the consultant with
ourselves (the artists/poets etc), are we forced to? is it better? does it
subtract from limited creative time? ie. what is the cost of the chase?
If marketing consultants in the arts are a necessarily
expendable/contemptable breed (and I would hope they are) I cannot help but
see the void left by their departure. Are concepts like Poets' Unions,
Writers' Centre fit to fill the gap or are we talking about a new,
cooperative structure. And then, who would fund it?
Sorry about the prevalence of the question marks? It is an intriguing
thread.
Clayton Hansen
komninos zervos wrote:
> alison and gillian,
> websites and books are like business cards or promotional pamphlets.
> you make them; you distribute them; you get known; you get invited to do
> writing-related work, which brings the income.
> the ozco will tell poets what marketing is about? -not.
> the poets should tell the ozco what marketing is about.
> alison, john, anthony, steve, myself and others have lived for many years
> as poets because we chase the grants, teaching, residencies, festival
> appearances, etc..
>
> there are too many great poets.
> the persistent survive.
> the other great poets don't.
>
> komninos
> komninos's cyberpoetry site http://student.uq.edu.au/~s271502
> cyberpoet@slv site http://www.experimedia.vic.gov.au/cyberpoet/
> komninos zervos, tel. +61 7 5552 8872
> lecturer in cyberStudies,
> school of arts,
> gold coast campus,
> griffith university,
> pmb 50, gold coast mail centre
> queensland, 9726
> australia.
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