California's pitiful Ripley's-like arts record

http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/carta/cartaen.html
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> > Today, California, the 5th economy of the world,
> > holds a pitiful
> > continental record worthy of Ripley's Believe it
> > or Not: The second
> > smallest per capita budget allocated to the
> > arts--after Bolivia: 3 cents
> > per person per year.
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http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/articles/carta/cartasp.html

no wonder I can't get the arts grants or funding I want ;(
hell, I got $50 cash in Texas just for _takin' part_ in a performance art
piece...
be bleedin' lucky to get enuff to pay for a expresso in CA

---
Hanuman Zhang, _Gomi no seito/sensei_ [Student/Master of junk], Poorer than a
Church Mouse, Economically-Endangered Species of One...

"To live is to scrounge, taking what you can in order to survive. So,
since living is scrounging, the result of our efforts is to amass a pile of
rubbish." - Chuang Tzu/Zhuangzi, China, 4th Century BCE

"The most beautiful order is a heap of sweepings piled up at random." -
Heraclitus, Greece, 5th Century BCE

"...So what is life for? Life is for beauty and substance and sound and
colour; and even those are often forbidden by law [socio-cultural conventions].
. .Why not be free and live your own life? Why follow other people's rules
and live to please others?..." ~Lieh-Tzu/Liezi, Taoist Sage (c. 450- 375 BCE)

"Taoism in a nutshell: Shit Happens. Roll with the Punches. Hang 10 - Go
with the Flow!" - anon. California surferBeatnik, c.1950's/1960's