Post Reception
The reception was a great success! What a privelege to have chance to interact with and bounce ideas off so many different people. We talked about everything from the odor of carrion flowers, to celestial bodies, the remake of Cosmos, and of course bitcoin and Tipping4Artists. We even had a moment when, after an off-the-cuff remark was made about whether or not to claim tips on your taxes, a CRA agent was revealed to be in the crowd. Oops! Thanks to everyone for making the ev
Thanks for the tip! (Questions of Stewardship)
One question for artists to consider is how to be a good steward of the funds we are given. I want my supporters, no matter how small their tip, to know that I don’t forget them the moment they fork over their money, and to be reassured that I’m not spending their donations on vodka and nail polish (the vodka is for stripping the nail polish, naturally). It seems there are two main considerations here. One is “How is the money going to be spent?”, and the other is “What do I
My initiation to Bitcoin
I was invited to a Bitcoin 101-type meet up hosted by Ethan Buchman (who originally contacted me with the tipping idea) and Zach Ramsey. These gentlemen are Masters students at the University of Guelph, and business partners at their own “CryptoConsulting” company, Coin Culture. Ethan studies “Machine Learning, Statistical Inference, Dynamical Systems Theory, Neuroscience”, and Zach tells me he when I meet him that he recently left his neuroscience program to pursue his inter
Object vs Experience
The concept of tipping wait staff and bellhops for contributing to a positive dining or travel experience is a familiar one. We tip street artists for bringing art to our lives and making an impression on us, if even for only a moment. However, most artists make their money either by selling the 'object', if there is a physical one, or by the support of larger funding bodies who give awards and grants to work deemed worthwhile by juries. And while this type of funding is cruc
