Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto

I've got this theory that the giant majority—like 99.9% of all humans toiling creatively—are small potatoes. We'll never be rich. We'll never be famous … nowhere near as famous as we should be. Yet, we struggle on, undeterred that most of the world considers us to be small potatoes ... if they consider us at all.

Go to a museum or a used bookstore. Read the "at this theater" section of your Playbill. History decrees that a lot of big bananas will wind up as small potatoes too. Our ranks are swelling!

I interviewed dozens of creative humans and share my own experiences in this rallying cry for the "small potato" who persists in making cool, meaningful work and living a creative life devoid of (gasp!) wealth or celebrity.

The Wonder and the Horror of a Life in the Arts!
Triumphs and Busts!
Tours and Tabling!
Community Spirit!
Bad Behavior!
Adventures in Self Promotion!
Conflicting Advice, All of It SOLID!

AN ACTUAL MANIFESTO Lest We Forget Why We're Doing This in the First Place!

& enough illustrations to make you think, HEY, THIS WOULD MAKE A GIFT FOR ALL MY CREATIVE FRIENDS!

Get you some. I'll sign it unless you tell me otherwise. Happy to inscribe it with any other message you may desire!

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