Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:06:04 -0400
From: A&B Periale <perryalley-AT-rscs.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Comment: Puppetry x ? = $$$


> Having a beard, or wearing a tie-dyed T-shirt does not make an artist,  [JG]

Nor does it prevent one from being an artist, for which Peter Schumann
(among others) is living proof (though his income from birthday party
shows HAS slacked off of late). 

Even at this recent festival, we learned from the Belgians that "a kiss
without a moustache is like chips without salt." I don't know about you,
but I stopped shaving my upper lip immediately.

We've never made 100K in a year, though there have been years when I
believe we could have, had our marketing efforts been more consistent.
One must decide, though, how many shows do we really want to do in a
year? Is it more important to make the 100K or to take take 3 weeks to
perform in France on a tour that will probably lose money, or break
even. I certainly agree on the importance of having a good product, and
presenting onesself in a way that's appropriate to one's chosen market,
but beyond that are the questions of personal values- learning to live
on less than one's maximum potential earnings in exchange for, say,
having two or three days a week during the summer to garden, be with
one's kids, volunteer, develop new work, and so on.

Yers, Andrew


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