Thursday, March 26, 2009

That which they can do


That which they can do
not themselves,
they teach others to do
for themselves.

They make dough not through
their would-be art,
but instead by selling you
a course in art.

You pay them a nice and hefty fee
with the great hope
that you may be
the next great hope.

But, after that, if you fail,
there is a place you can fall back:
To be a seller with web and email
a course in art to the artlorn hack.



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Note: art includes writing of all kinds, of course


2 comments:

  1. As always, engaged and very cool. The Writer's Centre here. I live are selling on line writing courses for $400.00. I went ballistic seeing as how they recieve Gov't grants to foster writing as well.

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  2. Thanks again.

    The other example I have is mind is the seller of investment/trading courseware, teaching you how to make money in the market. (So if they could teach you, why do they need to make money from selling a course or a market information service?)

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