Ok. Good.
I’m feeling pretty chill. Lou is here tonight, I’m here now, it is cold but I’ve switched off the heating. March innit. I have to have rules like that as otherwise I’ll just plough every penny I earn into not being cold.
Driving again today. Picked up a work of art from a gallery, took it back to the artist’s place. “The woman running the gallery is very eccentric,” she said. The woman running the gallery is a total wanker. Rude as fuck to my friend. What an arse. In the spirit of experimentation I played her boundaries. “Only £450 for that, it’s beautiful. Oh it’s a print,” I ejaculated. “Do you have any originals?” Immediately she was on a different tack to a potential buyer, but still remained a dick to my friend the artist. She was even giving me secret looks, flirting. That gallery woman? I’ll be setting the crows on her.
My friend can be high maintenance, sure, but this woman deals with artists as a job. Sure she can sell, and she will sell as much as possible when it’s 40/60 and the picture is well priced. But I’m so bored of seeing people I respect being exploited by richer people. “oh it’s the world”. Well it needn’t be. Трамп is a good example of what happens when that goes too far.
I brokered a deal for a venue just recently. I asked for what I considered to be a reasonable sum for the work they want and the time it will take. I’ll be putting it through my company, and she will get 100% of the amount I asked for. No fucking about. I sent her screenshots of the exchanges.
Everyone should be so open, I think. It might mean I can’t make myself rich on the backs of other people. But if I start to be able to book people on big jobs, I can pay people properly. I’ve been enraged in the past about huge “finders” fees exacted by people who didn’t actually find me. Good people are worth what they are worth and as I transition towards being an employer, I’m gonna hold myself to the standard I secretly hold others to. Yeah so maybe I need to take a fee considering I’ve found something difficult for them. Maybe I’m messing up – I’ve in the past given corrupt people work and seen them try and take my place. Largely I’m happy to let them try. I’m careful to recommend, I stand by my recommendations, and if – hi – if they turn out to be a snake then … that’s mine to deal with too. Hope your grandma’s well.
I think I’d fall asleep now if I didn’t know Lou will be getting to Sloane Square shortly. I am in bed. Gonna have to get up and grab her. Then back down. I might have to put the blanket on. Spring heat as well as light please. This hail is bananas.
AlBarclay 