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Thanks to all my fine supporters and persuaders for encouraging me to present my paper at this important conference in Gatineau, March 2008. I learned a lot, met many charming economists and statisticians, and created a little havoc. There was an openness and curiosity among the international crowd, and an energy that gave me some momentum to tackle the next bit of writing I need to do. My paper is a proposal to use an asset-based livelihood system approach to capturing a better (more holistic) picture of the economic lives of artists.
Some have called the work I do subversive in nature, because I ask innocent questions which challenge the surface assumptions of shared understanding. I express my curiosity to find out what is going on and what it means. And I encourage others to delve into this for themselves, because I love it when people begin to get that strange look in their eyes.. kind of a combination of fear and hope. It is the journey of discovery that leads me through the topography of other people’s lives and ideas that gives my life meaning and makes the search so fascinating.
