Day: March 27, 2025

Ain’t No Money In Poetry*

*”Cold Dog Soup” by Guy Clark

The last time I visited with this young dancer was during a Saturday Studio Session. I’d hired her to guide young dancer audition sessions. She had all the technical dance foundation I didn’t. Some “No Shows” allowed time to visit.

And we discussed how even though she had a contract with a professional Ballet Company, when she looked at the hours, it was barely minimum wage.

Later, I learned she went back to university and then entered the corporate world for far better money. Art is really, really hard.

Space & Tech – 3D Jazz Project Co. at Cary Ballet Conservatory Cary Arts Center – 18 April 2012

Permanent Collection

I knew the print was still hanging on the second floor of the Cary Arts Center but had no idea it was in the Town’s Website: Four Off The Floor

It’s well intended but displays the picture maker reflected in the glass (which I no longer use on displayed prints). And the focus is really soft.

Here’s what I wish it was displayed as:

Space & Tech Rehearsal – 3D Jazz Project Co. at Cary Ballet Conservatory Cary Arts Center – 18 April 2012