Artopian Seattle

From the minute I read the first paragraph of this article, I knew I didn’t like it. The author’s beginning and ending seem so negative and condescending, while the middle section of quotes from local artists seems to just be full of name dropping and advertisement of their galleries. As I read, I knew who few of the people were and few of the galleries mentioned so all I got out of it was that, according to the quotes, I am to visit those places and know those people to truly understand or to be a better artist. The ending was a slap in the face: “But if artists don’t dream, who will?” The whole thing sounded very backhanded to me.