{"id":386,"date":"2009-04-02T01:10:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/04\/culture_grrl_gets_a_hatchet\/"},"modified":"2009-04-02T01:10:03","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T08:10:03","slug":"culture_grrl_gets_a_hatchet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/04\/culture_grrl_gets_a_hatchet.html","title":{"rendered":"Culture Grrl gets a hatchet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was it something I said?<\/p>\n

In suggesting that Culture Grrl’s begging for money might not be the best way to attract support for an art blog, I tiptoed through the topic, so as not to cause personal offense. In truth, it drives me crazy. My masterpiece of understatement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CG (Lee Rosenbaum) replied<\/a> with a picture of a hatchet, which is probably a play on my last name. Good one. I haven’t heard it since grade school.<\/strong><\/strong><\/b> <\/p>\n

I understand it’s tough to make a living writing about art, and that until lately I’ve done so from the privileged position of a union job.<\/p>\n

So, what do I know about it? I know what Odgen Nash would say.<\/p>\n

In Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer<\/i><\/a>, he offered advice that any freelance arts blogger would do well to heed. To wit: <\/p>\n

\nMost bankers dwell in marble halls,
\n
Which they get to dwell in because they encourage deposits
\n
and discourage withdrawals,
\n
And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe
\n
betides the banker who fails to heed it,
\n
Which is you must never lend any money to anybody
unless
\nthey don’t need it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nash died in 1971. He was thinking of pre-Bush administration, tightly regulated banks. Throw the old rules out, what happens? The rules are old, but they apply to writing about art, running a gallery or even trying to get a date. <\/p>\n

Desperate for a date? Your phone will not ring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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