ART AND THE BOUNCY BANKER: On Bartering

The Bruxist Collective's take on Art and (as Alfred Jarry might put it) P'finance.

A numerically dyslexic artist (and reluctant consumer) shares his dearth of financial wisdom and resulting frustrations with his Bank Manager. Read personal letters from the elusive Art to his even more elusive Bank Manager. See a comic rendition of a Day In The Life Of The Bouncy Banker. Art struggles to make sense of the senseless as the Authorities of Finance wobble but never quite fall down. Full of hot air they float above it all! When they bounce it is with impunity! Why are there no Remorseful Bankers? Can Art and Finance ever coexist? Do you have a Blue Chip on your shoulder?

When bankers get together they talk about Art. When artists get together they talk about money. Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

On Bartering

For me the idea is an abstract concept because I know nobody who really does it. I like the idea of it though. I did recently barter art with a friend and it was definitely a good, fair and equitable, and even an equanimous exchange. Why don't people do it more? I wish they did!

For a very different take from see the following:

For those of you who are still bartering for things in your business (you know who you are) I want to give you a little loving advice:

STOP that!!

Go to communicatevalue.com for more of this article.

I took the image from their website. Figured they wouldn't mind as long as I gave the credit...or, to put it another way, bartered by mentioning their website.

A fish for beans seems like a good exchange I think.