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The uncomfortableness of old and new side by side?

Posted On July 30, 2013 By Shoshana

My friend, Dale, sent me a thread to look at on Reddit: Going to my first symphony, what are some tips for my first experience? This ongoing conversation has me thinking about traditions and their protocols.  The traditions with the respective protocols are generated by people.  People adopt these ways, and a status quo forms.… 

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Audience development: to label or not to label that is the question…

Posted On August 26, 2011 By Shoshana

A few days ago this article started some people discussing the use of labels and whether or not categorizing is the way to go if you want to reach a more diverse audience: Novelist Sapphire complains of ‘very real’ racism in the arts http://bit.ly/n8AX9L In this case, the placement of your product, your novel in… 

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