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  • November 11, 2009

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Becoming a businesswoman

I have had my Climacterica postcard set printed and offered for sale at Big Cartel for a couple of weeks. Every sale gives me a thrill and a great sense of affirmation, naturally. It’s much different than feeling satisfaction from nailing a design for a client, because in that case, my work is done to please someone else and solve someone else’s communication problem. Personal work, by contrast, is done strictly to my own desires, esthetic values, and vision.

Now that I’ve made my first sales, I have started thinking like a business woman: keeping track of customers, setting prices, finding the most economical packaging, and of course, thinking about spin-off products.

It’s a whole new world!

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  1. November 12, 2009 at 10:20 am / Reply

    Congratulations! The cards look great. My two favorite cards are “In Climacterica, it is not uncommon to see women wandering around, muttering to themselves” and “In Climacterica, 100% of the population is female.”

  2. November 13, 2009 at 9:15 am / Reply

    I love the cards, too! I know you feel so validated (especially after THE WEEK.)

    • November 13, 2009 at 10:31 am / Reply

      No kidding, Suzanne! When you can rise above THAT atmosphere…

  3. March 3, 2010 at 10:23 am / Reply

    Chris,

    Love the cards. You are a true artist.

    • March 3, 2010 at 10:37 am / Reply

      Thanks for the kind words! I framed the postcards and entered them into a juried exhibit, Reve(a)ling Feminist Art, at George Mason U. I am just today going to the opening reception.

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