I really appreciated seeing the steps for this piece. It always fascinates me to see how projects come together.
I also like how you're valuing your time as an artist. How can you quantify experience though?
Maybe one day I could keep an eye on the economics of This art we call homesteading... for now it's just a lot of input.
@mountainnjewel, how to quantify experience financially is really a good question and one that I've considered a lot. There is the actual years put in, there's valuing oneself and one's experience and there's the market and how much a customer values one's work in terms of how much they're willing to pay and sometimes all of these facets align, sometimes they don't. Unfortunately in my field the amount of work/years of experience and even time spent on a project often can't really be fully compensated because it just winds up being too expensive for most people, or the market just won't bear that price for that "thing" (which is another way of saying that we as a society simply don't value it enough to put it in the price range of a new car). This is why steemit has become so important for me - it's helped plug those financial gaps so I'm not always working too much for too little and get paid for more of what I do.
homesteading takes so much time and so much know-how doesn't it?!! I'm not doing it but know some who are and it's more than full time and like art making takes years to be any good at it and is a complete labor of love! My hat off to you for what you are doing!!
I can imagine the situation you're describing (one where your true value is not appreciated) would be frustrating at times. I like what you said here - " as a society simply don't value it enough to put it in the price range of a new car" It's so crazy the levels of value we assigning isn't it???
Ultimately I'm glad you're finding some value through steemit. It really changes the game of money when we can participate in a decentralized system of rewarding content. You're worth need to be seen and compensated! The culture we live in has a VERY skewed set of values, and I'm happy you're being rewarded.
Homesteading is really a culture, and you're right A LOT of learning is required (steep curves at times). What you say is SOOOOO true. We're getting going and happy that we're succeeding on the whole. It is really like a more than full time art project that has a wildly biological factor!!!
Thanks for the thought provocking and inspiring comment. Always great to touch base with you.
:)