Art Beyond Supply and Demand

Art beyond supply and demand.

Art beyond supply and demand is a rule of the economics of the heart.

In commerce, if you supply what is demanded, you are compensated, And if you demand what is not supplied, you are dispensated.

This is appropriate for a wallet but not for a heart.

In art, the artist supplies what was never overtly demanded, By the patron’s ego or libido, But that which was always yearned for in their heart, And which was unforeseeable, unimaginable, unknown by the yearner, But which satisfies their unarticulated, mysterious, felt yearn.

Thus, the economics of the labor of art in this heart economy operates via the principal rule of fulfill and yearn.

Yearning is the heartened analogue of demand or desire. Fulfillment is the hearted analogue of supply or seduce.

The economics of art and heart are an alternative register, Within which one can act each day with Grace and Generosity.

This is an economy in which we all win, because there finally is an invisible hand guiding, And there is no harm in increasing the monetary supply.

Not a market economy, But a heart economy. With Art as its central labor, For the benefit of all who yearn.