Portland Co-op...
Today I ventured with my elven friend, Melian, into the desolate realms of downtown Portland to find this so-called "Place of Great Awesome" (aka The Portland Artist Co-op). I spoke with the founder and manager of the establishment and became immensely excited about what was taking place in that space.

The Portland Artist Co-op is a "public market" for local artists to display and sell their creations. Michelle, the lady to whom I had spoke, said she is looking for a place where artists of all mediums can come together under a single banner and cross-promote, without the bullshit attitudes and other such snobbery. This is EXACTLY what I am all about and I strive to find environments that are high on creativity and low on snobbery (because I think such elitist, suppressive foolishness is counter productive and really the antithesis of a pursuit that is supposedly about personal expression and freedom of thought). This underlying philosophy is exactly the reason I enjoy being around the scene surrounding Plague and the crew at Vivid Motion.

Being a (semi-)starving artist, I'm not entirely sure at this point whether or not I can truly afford to fund the renting of space at the Co-op. As it is right now, my finances are super tight. But I feel I need to at least give it a shot.

So it's limited fun and eating nothing but rice for the foreseeable future. O.o

I'm also approaching this from the trans-angle: Since my experiences being transgendered have affected my art in a major way, it seems only fitting to try and sell my art to help pay the medical bills. I will be volunteering this information, letting this intention be known, when I get around to displaying my work at the co-op. My thought is to have the header of the display bearing the name of one of my past works, something that sums it all up rather well: The TransForm