I didn't sell anything last night.  Bummer.  I could have used the dough.

     Everything is getting more expensive, while my napkin arts remain at the same basic price....$5.  I don't think people will pay more.
     They sometimes tip me extra, though, and that is nice.

     My prices for my paintings are going up, though.  I try to charge $10 an hour on my paintings.  So if a painting takes ten hours, well, that's a hundred bucks.
     Art making and painting is technically 'skilled labor', and I should charge $20 per hour, but people won't pay that.

     I always get a general feeling that my customer just ripped me off whenever they buy something.

     Some people think I am ripping them off.  These people should go to an art gallery, and see how much things really cost.

     These days, a gallery artist can expect that the gallery will take 50%, the agent will take 30%, and the artist gets 20%.
     A person pointed out to me that this was a 'broken system'.
     I could not agree more.

     I don't even need a gallery anymore to get my art out there.  I can do it all myself.

     All a gallery is good for is maybe getting higher prices on your work, and creating a situation where a higher income bracket of people will show up.

     People mostly go to art openings for the free wine, and that's about all.

     A group of people notorious in San Francisco for getting free wine at art galleries are 'The North Beach Poets'.  I know from experience that they don't have any money.

     So, I will go into the bar tonight, and try again.  It could be my lucky night, I never know. 
     Sales can come at any time I am there.

     Meanwhile, it is almost guaranteed that I won't get a sale at the coffee shop during the day.  Those people have no money, nor do they have the inclination to buy art, and that is half of it.