OK, here comes my Teaser Blog.
As I was previously saying, my neighbors and I at the Bayou City (Houston,TX)were twiddling our thumbs. My neighbors were Terry Speer and the lovely Deborah Banyas. They are longtime exhibitors on the circuit----even longer than me.
Anyways, we were tossing Reeses Peanut Butter peices back and forth, throwing Sweet Chili Pistachio nuts at each other, and wondering, WTF! Where are the customers.
So, first we started throwing cinder blocks across the path, hoping to hit somebody and get their Gold Card. Damn, no luck.
Next, we tried three-hundred pound boulders. Which was very difficult for Deborah since she only weighs about 95 pounds. Next, with Terry's acquisition, we tried hurling Deborah at potential clients. Damn, still no luck.
Next, I tried the one that always seems to work--a one-hundred-dollar-bill attached with silly putty onto a fishing rod. It is kind of like trout fishing. You tease the bait out there and slowly lure them in. Damn, not a single bite! We were ready to start using worms, or day-old potato chips. We were desperate.
So, since we had no customers to speak to, we started brain-storming.
That is when I came up with this incredible concept.
It is so good, I am awarding Barry Bernstein exclusive territorial rights to it--between Marquette,MI and Pictured Rocks,MI. Barry if you want Southern rights--like Charlevoix or Petosky, you are going to have to arm-wrestle Luciano Duse for them. Good luck!
Since Bill, from Lakeland has been so sick and recuperating, I am giving him exclusives between Oveido and Auburndale,FL. Way to go ,Bill!
So, here is a little hint about this brainstorm.
HINT ONE. THINK ABOUT PAINTERS AND GOD FORBID!, PHOTOGRAPHERS, WHO DO WORKSHOPS.
HINT TWO. THINK ABOUT AN EMPTY CHAIR.
HINT THREE. I GOTTA ADMIT, I STOLE THIS IDEA FROM AMY AMDUR--THINK ABOUT LINKAGE FOR A $100.
There, that is a lot of hints.
Maybe tomorrow I will let you in on it, if I get enough hits off this blog.
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Robert, you are the "King of Saddle-Riders" thank you for all your apt descriptions--you must be smoking the same stuff as me. Nels.
Read the three new posts -- Nels goes into bone-chilling detail...
I'm sure Nels had the idea of all ideas. At his age he just can't remember what it was! LOL
I wasn't born yesterday. It was the day before yesterday.
@ jim.... ;-)
They'll do it every time.
I think Nels just had us for breakfast. No, wait, I'll bet he's back in the studio caught up in a matting frenzy. He's so confident he's found the artistic version of the Philospher's Stone, he knows he's going to sell out every edition of his new work, and he's planning to be able kick back and wear out his Square. Yep, he's confident he's going to sell so much work that smoke and lightning are going to jump out of that doo-hickey on top of his phone. I can see it now, he's going to do so much business, he's getting tons of framed and matted prints put together, and plans to drop ship big crates of work all across the country to the UPS Stores in each town where he's doing a show this year. Yep, he's a wily old codger all right; saves his back loading up all those prints back at home base each week; just have the boys in brown pick them up, ship'em out, and hold them wherever he's going. Clever rascal, isn't he ;-)
Ah, I think I see it now; he's going to franchise the business plan, make a ton of money selling the idea, pay off the shipping charges for all that stock he's sweating away over back in his studio, sell out all his limited editions of 500 prints each, and then retire next year because he won't need to hit the lottery. Ah, now I see the grand plan! He'll have enough money to take on the Big Five promoters and run his own shows, and get even richer. Nels, you're a genius, my hat's off to you in the grand Jimmy Hatlo tradition ;-) (let's see how folks remember that obscure reference)
Okay, Nels. You've had time to eat 10 breakfasts. Quit stalling!
Well, I've had breakfast. Bring it!
Patience. It is coming, right after breakfast. You gotta love it.
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