How much time is too much is relative so you're never going to get exact agreement between artists and commissioners or even between artists. All that needs to be said by an artist to me is: 'I'm sorry, I know you're not finished but you're taking too long and I simply don't have the time to listen any more. Please, either come back when you've shortened your description alot, a page or less, and maybe one or two pictures, or let me work with what you've already given me and come back when it's finished." They could also suggest talking to them online or meeting them later, etc. if that was something they'd be willing to do.
In absence of clear guidelines dictating how long a time a person should spend at a table, I'm going to default to taking as long as I need to (within reason, which is again relative and varies depending on who you ask) in order to fulfill my purpose for being there. Otherwise, I'd feel like I'm throwing my money away because I'll be in such a constant rush and state of nervousness to leave because I 'might' offend someone that I wont have time to explain much of anything to the artist.
To generalize, I think there's two types of people: Those who who always want short explanations and those that like to elaborate. When the two groups meet, you get conflict. You notice that phenomenon sometimes when you try having a conversation with some people only to notice that their attention drifts and wanders not long after the first three sentences. There's defiantly merit to Gunmouth's argument that I need to shorten my material though. It's a work in-progress as I've said a few times already.
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Date: 2010-08-04 10:47 pm (UTC)How much time is too much is relative so you're never going to get exact agreement between artists and commissioners or even between artists. All that needs to be said by an artist to me is: 'I'm sorry, I know you're not finished but you're taking too long and I simply don't have the time to listen any more. Please, either come back when you've shortened your description alot, a page or less, and maybe one or two pictures, or let me work with what you've already given me and come back when it's finished." They could also suggest talking to them online or meeting them later, etc. if that was something they'd be willing to do.
In absence of clear guidelines dictating how long a time a person should spend at a table, I'm going to default to taking as long as I need to (within reason, which is again relative and varies depending on who you ask) in order to fulfill my purpose for being there. Otherwise, I'd feel like I'm throwing my money away because I'll be in such a constant rush and state of nervousness to leave because I 'might' offend someone that I wont have time to explain much of anything to the artist.
To generalize, I think there's two types of people: Those who who always want short explanations and those that like to elaborate. When the two groups meet, you get conflict. You notice that phenomenon sometimes when you try having a conversation with some people only to notice that their attention drifts and wanders not long after the first three sentences. There's defiantly merit to Gunmouth's argument that I need to shorten my material though. It's a work in-progress as I've said a few times already.
Good comment though :3