Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Sharing Economy Tanka

Erasures of “The Gig Is Up,” by Nathan Heller, New Yorker, May 15, 2017

not a lot of crazy bitches
huge run-down place in Chelsea
Fox Den 2.0
next wave of human civilization
neighborhood trendy to tourists

little Cuban towns
population in desperate need
of personal branding
I want to help the Cubans
make money off their art

Prescott Perez Fox
I don’t know what you do any more
(fishing business cards)—
culture habits for creative pros
“Girl, get after it!” Perez Fox exclaimed.

best things—
not waking up stressed every day,
doing something super-
rewarding, having time to write and
make art and all that stuff