tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post113951403150588045..comments2023-06-27T08:52:55.566-06:00Comments on The Marvelous A: Long Way AroundAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17905923258826602899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1139602773647083672006-02-10T13:19:00.000-07:002006-02-10T13:19:00.000-07:00I think both those ideas will contribute to my ult...I think both those ideas will contribute to my ultimate monopoly of the creative process. Also, I'll arrange to have the committee meetings at Kate's, where people's attention spans are cut down to roughly 1/10 of normal.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905923258826602899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1139582318280803142006-02-10T07:38:00.000-07:002006-02-10T07:38:00.000-07:00Remember: Vermeer had to whore himself out on port...Remember: Vermeer had to whore himself out on portraits of the wives of rich patrons so he could eventually have the freedom to paint the girl with the pearl earring. And Michelangelo was working on commission when he completed a little gig called the Sistine Chapel. So a little selling out doesn't always preclude the creation of something sublime.<BR/><BR/>With that in mind, I'd beat the Ball Chair to the punch with at least three great ideas of my own. Maybe he or she will be happy enough to choose something you wanted to do in the first place and take credit for the idea. <BR/><BR/>Or you could pull a Walken-in-<I>America's Sweethearts</I> maneuver: don't tell anyone what you're doing and they'll be stuck having to use whatever you turn in at the last minute, no matter how batshit crazy it is.Shepcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435989618782168347noreply@blogger.com