An Ethical Delimma

[fairyfarmgirl]

Serve the Stone Soup.

Repeat the scene for each lunch.

Ah dear sister, that may be the logical thing to do, but...
- Unfortunately it is the middle of winter with several feet (a meter) of snow and stones are not easy to come by, nor is good clean water which I pack from stores where I purchase it. I will not drink chlorinated/fluoridated water. Having been a chemical engineer, I know the process by which water is "cleaned" with the use of chemicals... not for me to put those toxins into this vehicle which I have been so gifted to be able to do this work with.
- Unfortunately there is no simple 'going to the store" from work, as it is about 30 minutes either way to a store... since I chose the path of the pauper and take public transit.
- Fortunately I have a need to do what is right despite what others do.
- Fortunately I am able to feed my daughter and these people (whom I do love as I love all) good healthy wholesome food, for in that I am blessed and cannot really ask for more. I sell things to continue providing, and until I am out of things to sell, or the system crashes (in the very near future), I will continue selling. Once the system crashes and disclosure happens, all of humankind will have no want and will be able to move to more service to others orientation.

Y'Know Pere, thank you LOL!-

There is always a backstory! Thank you for sharing yours! Stone Soup will await for the times when travel is easy and water is clean and the subjects are willing. I Bless you with Love! .

--fairyfarmgirl

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I wish I could find a job in art...all I really want to do is make comic books for a living. If only that industry wasn't a total bust right now...

Yeah, but... who wants to be part of an "industry" these days? Have you ever seen the webcomics that are out there? Take a look at Diesel Sweeties, Cat & Girl, Toothpaste for Breakfast, Wayward Sons, etc.

Lots of artists especially in comics are embracing a totally different model than pimping themselves to publishers. You might have to learn a little bit about the web, but think of it as the equivalent of learning how to ink or do offset printing. They often give their comics away for free and support themselves with merchandise or advertising (I've given one web comics guy hundreds of dollars because his shirts kick a$$). Some are even now publishing books they've become so popular.

I sometimes wish I hadn't gone to college. It's not all it's cracked up to be. They basically teach you how to take orders and participate in bureaucracies. You'd just feel even more pressure to do something boring. I have several friends in software development who make substantially more than I do because they focused on doing what they loved and grew it slowly, rather than getting University of College Debt to give them a piece of paper saying they were "educated" for a field that changes so quickly there's no point even buying textbooks for it.

Allow me to pontificate for a bit: the era of the job, where we go and work five days a week, 8 hours a day, and we get a steady check and maybe benefits in return, is fast coming to an end - not just for you but for everybody. The name of the game is finding a niche and/or diversifying, but most importantly, low overhead business. You can do with a $300 laptop what it used to take millions of dollars for a big publisher to do. This is where everything is going, and the great thing is that you can leverage your free time to build your own capital instead of needing a bunch of money up front. So you can grow slowly and gradually phase out employed life.

Good Greetings Jeremy and All:

Self publishing an E-Comic is the way that illustrators are getting heard instead of herded these days. E-Commerce market is where we are developing our niche--- not as illustrators but as artists that and actual small street shows--- little art fairs in little towns all across the us and some big towns is where to make a living and really do it in a way that is joyous. After all, your gig is your gig to run as ye wish... There comes a challenge with all of this create and it will happen paradigm: there is no escaping the freedom you have created.

The old paradigm is based on the assumption you wish to escape freedom. You need rules and to be told what to do... and the rule makers have such a good time at your expense as the lowly and expendable worker. ***This is the Old Paradigm***

It is challenging yes, anytime anything new is being created or is newly created. The challenge however is rewarding for life is what you make it.

I Bless you with Love!

fairyfarmgirl