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Anarchism & Design
Inspiring post. I'm saving this in my "how to build a sustainable creative life and quit my day job" file.
I don't begrudge anyone voting. I just prefer direct economic action. After covering state and local politics for years as a reporter, I concluded that money is the only thing that seems to have any real power.
I could be completely wrong. In fact, I'd love to be wrong.
So don't listen to me. Vote.
Amazing. I've been an aesthetic anarchist all along and didn't realize there was such a thing. Thank you Chris for pointing me toward some further reading material.
It would have been easy to avoid purchasing the box of wine from a large company. Or do the small wineries sell in boxes now?
Trolling aside, I didn't buy the wine. And I'm not going to be the a-hole at a family holiday and complain about it.
l love this. Hell yeah
I have been a lifetime anarchist designer, declaring war on senseless strictures, unacceptable behaviors, amoral practices, even as I worked for a large corporation after having my own one-man design business, but I survived for 27 years because of the quality of my work which could not be denied even by those who thought I was a pain in the ass - and those who might have liked to have fired me. Money does indeed drive all things in our culture, and I believe that is precisely why I survived: I contributed to the bottom line and when I finally had had enough of the corporate culture of greed and retired early there was not a little shock and panic. Was I always happy? I often hated it. Did I always get my way? No. But I had no debt. I have had 12 years of retirement to create as I wish with no financial worries and I have made the most of it! Was it worth it? Had I only worked for myself in the design business I might never have been able to retire (who can live on social security alone?); that is the sad fact of what militant capitalism has become. We make our limited choices in a world we do not control.
Chris, do you recommend no debt at all when running a tiny business, even personal mortgage debt? Or a loan to purchase a small commercial property perhaps? I notice you are about to mix the two with your upcoming move above the shop...
I paid off the mortgage on our home when I was 38 or 39. We paid cash for this building (it belongs to me, not Lost Art Press).
We saved and saved to renovate this building. But we got backed into a corner and I took a small home improvement loan (from an independent local bank) to get work started here until we sold our house. Once our house is sold, we will be back to 100 percent debt free.
Lost Art Press has never borrowed any money. We started it with $2,000 cash from savings and grew slowly.
So to answer your question, I do everything I can to avoid debt. Sometimes, you have to take on a little bit so that you don't end up camping in your machine room.....
Huh, I think you just described me! cool. Awesome. Thanks!
Two of mentors in one place -- nice!