Perceived Value of Money – AC9 Financial Management Article

Here is the next in the series of republished old Art Calendar Magazine articles with updated commentary. This time around I don’t feel like I have much to add in terms of updating. It’s basically talking about an approach I used to help stay fully conscious of my spending so I wouldn’t waste it on things that didn’t give me enough fulfillment. I believe it’s an approach that can work for many other people too, though perhaps not everyone. It feels as valid to me today as it did when I first wrote about it.

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The Art Studio – AC8 Financial Management Article

Once again its been too long since I’ve posted a new blog entry and I’ve also been failing to get all the old Art Calendar financial management articles up with their updated commentary. So today I’m going to tackle the next one in the series where I took a look at some issues involved with setting up my art studio. As I just reread it for the first time in years I was intrigued to realize I wrote it prior to building my earth sheltered studio. This was done when I had my initial metals studio here on my homestead in what has now become the wood shed! Still I think there is some good info here that might help others, esp. if you are looking to establish your first art studio beyond college. So without further ado here is the article with my updated thoughts sprinkled in.

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