Giftmas Open Mic

[alexseanchai]

Come, O Poets, O Singers, O Crafters. Come, O Storytellers, O Comedians, O Essayists. Come, artists of every stripe and every hue, to the microphone.

I cannot show financial support to nearly as many of you brilliant artists as I would like, but I can give you another forum in which to find supporters. Many of you are trying to make at least part of a living off your art, and I want to help you do that. And many of you want to support small businesses, to support independent art and literature and creativity, and I want to help you do that too.

Leave a comment below with a piece of original art you have created, be this a short poem or a flash fiction, a song verse or a brief essay, a sketch or a joke, an excerpt or a pair of earrings. It can be previously published or not, as you choose. Leave also a link to where more art by you may be found, and directions to a Patreon or Paypal, Etsy or website, or other means by which those who like your art and have a bit of money to spare may support you with their wallets. In these comments, please include a subject line consisting of "AT THE MIC:" and your artistic identity.

Leave also a comment linking to a piece of original art some other independent artist has created, someone whose work you recommend and whom you wish to see supported, and a link to where people who like their art and have a bit of money to spare may show support for them. In these comments, please include a subject line consisting of "AUDIENCE:" and their artistic identity.

If you are looking for a particular sort of art, perhaps as a gift (Giftmas is, after all, coming), leave a comment saying what sort of thing you are looking for, and with a bit of luck the Internet indie art community can hook you up. In these comments, please include a subject line consisting of "LOOKING FOR:" and a brief description of what you want to see.

Finally, please signal-boost this post. Every comment below that links to a place where this post has been signal-boosted will receive an Alex Conall haiku or tanka. (Feel free to accompany each linkback notification with a one-word prompt.) Three linkbacks, three haiku.

The microphone awaits you.

Comments

AUDIENCE: Mia S-N/likhain

[kaberett]

Mia creates the most gorgeous visual artwork in a variety of media; always in her work is movement and light, and usually there are hidden trees; of herself, she says I'm a queer Filipina artist who recently immigrated to Australia for True Love. My heart lives halfway between the Philippines -- the land of my birth and the beat of my blood, pugad ng luha ko't dalita -- and Australia, a place whose song I am only just learning, where I am just beginning to put down roots.

I have three of her pieces on my walls and am about to acquire a fourth, because they remind me to seek beauty. Here's her Patreon.

Re: AUDIENCE: Mia S-N/likhain

[alexseanchai]

Okay so uh question about Patreon. I'm looking at the credit/debit-card option for pledging to Mia, and it does not seem to have a slot for entering the name attached to the card. Does it assume that the name attached to the account is the name attached to the card? Because the account I just made is under my name, which is not the name on any of my cards. I mean, I will make a new account under legalname if that's what I have to do, but.