Ah yes, just when I thought crying like this had passed...
I’m immobile in a parking lot.
July 2012
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June 2012
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feanne: What To Do If Your Art Is Stolen →
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By “stolen”, I mean someone took your creative work and used it without your permission, probably without credit to you, and maybe even for profit. Here’s how to fix it.
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Author’s Note
This is based on personal experience. My art was stolen and used for profit— entered in design competitions…
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Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science.
There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”
” —Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as the Candle in The Dark (via psychedelicmo0n)