Gift and Changeling return from visiting Nana and Grampa. They have watched some Gilbert and Sullivan, some blue planet and saw a beautiful baby cousin. They ate very well and watched an excellent documentary about autistic children. Now Changeling is returned to her feathers and gems. Gift puzzles out her course of study. Changeling tries to think in business proposal. It comes to her gradually, with many digressions.
The problem is that it is not so much a business she is proposing so much as a way of life. "Stay practical!" Gift tells her with considerable impatience. So be it. Practical.
What Changeling wants is a salary of $24,000. a year. Ideally she would be subcontracted to the city in a non-profit capacity. Her principle occupation would be the implementation of community gardens within existing urban parks. Private contracts to be considered on a contingency basis, with all profit put toward ongoing community projects. A wide variety of art objects will be displayed for visitors and notices for workshops, lectures and performances posted.
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Gift is correct, again. It is the artists' lot to always be constrained by the structures of society. Always the pressure to compromise. So be it. You will do what you must, until your vision finds its opportunity, which you will have patiently created.
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