TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

8:40 PM
Posted by jodi rose

I am officially adopting the symbol of the city of warsaw:

a mermaid with sword raised over heard and a shield in front of here heart. a girl needs some protection in this crazy times.

Yes, although I am trying to tread lightly and not engage with any of the abuse, now sophea has gone home and I'm here alone, completely broke down this afternoon. The ratio is much better now - only four emails of vitriol compared to 26 of encouragement, support and generosity. But was so nervous almost threw up before opening them.

Who knew that winning $10,000 could be so traumatic?!?

Anyway, here is a sample from the lovely people who wrote to congratulate and say thoughtful things:

"Don't let the doomsayers get you down - I think your site innovative and inspiring. Congratulations on your win - I would pay extra tax to support more people with original ideas like yourself. cheers, yasmin."

"I'm writing to congratulate you on winning the best blog prize. Congratulations!

If I could legitimately apologise on behalf of the half dozen or so ranters who are having a go at your project, I would. I hope you don't let these fools get to you - from recent posts, it doesn't seem like you are. Anyway, I think this is a great result for the blog community, and once the ranting gang move on to the next thing to be indignant about, a few people might be prompted to think a bit about where blogs can go and what can be done with them in future.
Best wishes,
Laura"

"Hi Jodi, saw online that your blog won that award so came to have a look. I love your work! and will be buying your cd soon. I wanted however to write about the comments left by people begrudging their tax dollars/being nasty about the way you live and work. I'm a writer who recently left fulltime work to try to struggle through. At the moment I'm on a scholarship but hoping to sell a novel soon. I agree
with you that it's no easy ride - it can be a worry thinking about how you can make a living - and when you look at the grants given to the arts world they are miniscule compared to what's spent on other things. Also, I think that a lot of us worked our butts off in our previous jobs in order to try to set ourselves up to survive on our arts work.
Good on you - keep it up!"

thank you very much for the support, it is greatfully received.

and yes, I'm curious to know how much the government spends on grants and tax breaks etc to corporations compared to arts funding?

oooops better be careful with these new sedition laws coming in, best not to criticise or discuss anything at all, ever.....