Mother Necessity, where would we be?

When, I wonder is a crazy idea a good idea? One can look at Martha Stewart and Paula Dean's stories and say those crazy ideas were good ideas. Necessity, ever the mother of invention, caused them to find the thing in themselves that was worth the investment of time and patience, to get out and tell the world why the world needed them. Necessity bore multimillion dollar businesses from talent that already existed.

I am in the cradle of necessity now. What will the Mother invent? I have a resource that I have not tapped. I can produce samples, distribute them to local outlets and see what happens. Is it the right way to go? I do not feel so self conscious about this resource because it does not come from me like my art does. My art is me and I can not tell anyone that they NEED my art. Wanting art is one thing. Needing it is another. Fulfilling need is what business is about. So that is where I am going to go. My resource is from the family archives, it is full of rich tradition and has been absent for years... decades really.

My contribution is in the marketing, packaging and promoting. I can bring this old bit from the ancestors into the present.

And as with all endeavors since my first, I am scared out of my mind that I will fail. But I have something no one in this town has and I have the local connections to make it really special. I just have to be willing to put myself out there. But in truth, I am putting my grandpa out there.

11 22 2010
I am still scared. And I think that this is a crazy idea. But if no one ever tried anything crazy we wouldn't have planes, trains, autos and space shuttles. Am I ever going to be a multi million dollar entrepreneur with this idea? Maybe. Right now I'd jsut settle for being able to pay the bills and not sleep in my car.

Things you hear in a coffee shop

• Argentinian accent
• English accent
• discussion on the difference between English and American football
• news stories are called "articles" on TV as well as in print
• the reason that Argentinian and other South American kids play better football than English kids is because they have fun when they play instead of focusing on winning and building a career with endorsements

Very interesting. I guess an accent makes any topic more interesting. For you kids at home they are talking about soccer not Jets v. Cowboys football.

Post Pending

I've written a post that I scheduled for pulication on the 26th. It is a few weeks old now and I am still debating if it should run. I am debating a lot of things. After spending the day putting up profiles on jobsites, I am even more brain weary than I was before I started. And I wonder how much of the hampster wheeling is circumstnace and how much is me. How do you tell?

Domesticated Bohemian

Today's blog of note is another new blog that I am following. And I chose to do so for two reasons. Phillip is a good story teller that doesn't complicate the story with frills and furbelows. And because he thinks that we writers, poets and artists are the most important people in the world.

We are here to tell our stories and share the joys and sorrows that make those stories worthwhile afterall.

Another Fine Mess

Laurel and Hardy have nothing on me... well not Stan Laurel at any rate. I keep getting into messes that are harder and harder to get out of. Maybe instead of focusing on how I got into them (though it is useful information) I should concentrate on how to get out.
I am not getting enough hours at work and when I was I wasn't able to cover everything without sweating missiles. And the good news at work is that the slow down is going to come sooner than we thought. That, dear friends was sarcasm. So now I am at all the places that I can think of, putting myself out there to turn something that I am good at into money.
Yes, I have artwork... trapped in storage. And I do have my jewelery. I just have no idea how to sell it without puking all over the place. I hate selling my stuff cause it is selling me. So right now I'm just in the market for something steady and helpful to someone willing to pay for it. Child care, non-medical elder care... what else is there for me to do? Everyone wants Chef Symon in their kitchen so everywhere I could have gone in this town before the FoodNetwork boom is out. I do not have a degree even though I have the passion for good food and hospitality. I only need a better foot in the door than the one that I had....

Whining? yeah I guess a little bit. I am so scared I can not think straight. But I have a new shrink who will hopefully help things along.