And Round and Round and Round She Goes...

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And so I stumbled across yet another wheel of fortune in the art world. (They're lying all over the place and you have to be really careful when trekking across it lest you stumble and fall.) Today's wheel is named Exhibitions Without Walls, a competition for digital artists and illustrators and whatnots. You may win cash! And the guidelines are so delightfully fuzzy and money handed out so often and the past winners are good but not shockingly so and I can do better than that, you think, so let's go! Bold letters point you straight down the yellow brick road.

Less bold letters tell you that "You can now submit up to 10 images. [Oh thank you so very much, sir!] Entry fee for up to 5 images remains $25.00. Each additional image submitted will have an additional charge of $4.00". In English:
"We want you to spend at least 25 bucks, then we only need ten of you monthly to pay for the top price of 250$. Those of you daft enough to spend twice as much will make us even happier."

  

No, it's not the first time that I've seen a lottery. They keep sending me offers to appear in a certain Great Book of International Art. (Can't remember its precise name as I burn such mails before reading.) If I pay them a lot extra I may even get my very own copy. A few vanity galleries in Stockholm are regularly barking that I should try a spin on their wheels. But what about this? Even one of those who often warn us against vanity galleries and such pitfalls -- other pitfalls -- can now be seen happily sponsoring the cute enterprise that I mentioned first, so it's funny how this little world is spinning. And round and round and round she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows.