http://jimripley.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/14/downtown-fest-is-an-investment-in-art-and-new-friendships/98/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://jimripley.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/14/downtown-fest-is-an-investment-in-art-and-new-friendships/98/#comment-816 larry randolph Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:23:03 +0000 http://jimripley.freedomblogging.com/?p=98#comment-816 thanks for a great read and more importantly for supporting the arts in this area. As am artist I speak from experience when I say that there is little that builds more confidence and motivation in an artist than a sale to a stranger. That simple exchange is worth a great deal to any artist of any age. Few people realive the fortitude that it takes to exhibit ones art out in the public eye. To have it appreciated and then bought is a major step in helping that artist continue on with their struggle to be better at what they do and not just in the art area but in their life in general. We desterately need to pay far more attention to art in the school system and give that area 10% of what is lavashed on sports. The art departments would have so much more money than they do now they would not know what to do with it. While sports may make you stronger in body art makes you far stronger in heart and sensitivity something this entire world could do with a great deal more of. again thanks for the story and for the purchase of those pieces, now you have made may day as well as the artists you bought from. thanks for a great read and more importantly for supporting the arts in this area. As am artist I speak from experience when I say that there is little that builds more confidence and motivation in an artist than a sale to a stranger. That simple exchange is worth a great deal to any artist of any age. Few people realive the fortitude that it takes to exhibit ones art out in the public eye. To have it appreciated and then bought is a major step in helping that artist continue on with their struggle to be better at what they do and not just in the art area but in their life in general. We desterately need to pay far more attention to art in the school system and give that area 10% of what is lavashed on sports. The art departments would have so much more money than they do now they would not know what to do with it. While sports may make you stronger in body art makes you far stronger in heart and sensitivity something this entire world could do with a great deal more of. again thanks for the story and for the purchase of those pieces, now you have made may day as well as the artists you bought from.

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