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I don't think this is an issue of quality, longevity, the dipiction of the soul, the essence of the man/woman revealed. It's about the difference in hard dollars and perceived value added.
In a previous life I worked for a food manufacturer. I bought massive quantities of fruit, mostly IQF (individually quick frozen) cherries and apples from Michigan. Michigan grows maybe 80% of the countries cherries. The cherries were grown by many, many small (some large) farmers which stretch north/south along the eastern shore of lake Michigan.
What these guys were good at was growing cherries, what they were not good at was selling cherries. So, they developed a coop and chipped in a few cents a pound and created the ICGA (Itnl. cherry growers assn, or whatever). This organization was a powerhouse of marketing and sales, constantly putting cherries in the face of those who's job it was to buy cherries.
The growers grew, the sellers sold, all were served. I'm not saying that this would work for us but it makes me wonder. I wish the beauty and the value of portraits were tauted somewhere on a larger scale. Maybe somebody needs to bare their breast on national TV while whipping out a premier coup. Any takers?
It's also about an issue that many of us have a hard time confronting ... the lack of quality in our own work. I suppose for the realy gifted there will always be a demand. For the almost gifted, not yet gifted, will never be gifted, there will be excuses,. the economy, the competition, the dull geographic region etc.
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Mike McCarty
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