by Pearl Klein | Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized, Vulnerability
Sometimes I see a photograph of myself and I’m surprised at how I look. “I didn’t know that about myself,” I say. Quietly. Sadly. Sometimes angrily. Once I saw a photo taken from behind in which I had an almost square back and upper arms like...
by Pearl Klein | Sep 14, 2016 | Art, Goals, Vulnerability
When I was a freshman in college, one of my new best friends was an actor. He appeared in a play during his first quarter, when he was also gaining accolades for being the first person in my dorm to get puking drunk and the first person that year to have sex in the...
by Pearl Klein | Sep 7, 2016 | Art
My art is not better if I don’t make money at it, and what I do make money for isn’t less art because of filthy lucre. I want to see artists rolling in piles of money like Scrooge McDuck. I want to see them luxuriating in security, comfort, and relief from...
by Pearl Klein | Aug 25, 2016 | Copywriting
The Moment I was listening to a podcast as I drove home the other night, and I found therein my True Purpose and Big Work. Comedian Aisha Tyler was interviewing poker champ Jason Somerville on her show Girl on Guy about how he came out as gay on his blog on...
by Pearl Klein | Aug 18, 2016 | Copywriting, Money, Solopreneurship
I’ve been working on my burlesque name. This is a very important decision and one that will, I hope, have a lasting impact. The formula of first pet and mother’s maiden name would equip cyber-thieves with the answer to my secret question, so that’s...
