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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 380499" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Working in the Fine Art department at a college I see things similar to this all the time; people seeking artists to provide either their services, or tangible works, for free. The request is typically "gilded" (tacitly!) with comments about what an allegedly "amazing" opportunity this is/would be for an up and coming young artist. The over arching idea being that their career will, somehow, be furthered by virtue adding this to their portfolio; a <a href="http://psychology.about.com/od/socialpsychology/f/halo-effect.htm" target="_blank">"halo effect"</a> of sorts, if you will. This is clearly where the "Oprah Camp" is coming from: "Your performance will be spoken of in the same breath as... as... <em>Oprah Herself!</em> YES! IMAGINE THAT!! And by extension, YOU will be anointed (tainted? (ha!)) by the 'Oprah Halo' and *that*, Starving Artist, is compensation aplenty!" </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 380499, member: 13090"] Working in the Fine Art department at a college I see things similar to this all the time; people seeking artists to provide either their services, or tangible works, for free. The request is typically "gilded" (tacitly!) with comments about what an allegedly "amazing" opportunity this is/would be for an up and coming young artist. The over arching idea being that their career will, somehow, be furthered by virtue adding this to their portfolio; a [URL="http://psychology.about.com/od/socialpsychology/f/halo-effect.htm"]"halo effect"[/URL] of sorts, if you will. This is clearly where the "Oprah Camp" is coming from: "Your performance will be spoken of in the same breath as... as... [I]Oprah Herself![/I] YES! IMAGINE THAT!! And by extension, YOU will be anointed (tainted? (ha!)) by the 'Oprah Halo' and *that*, Starving Artist, is compensation aplenty!" [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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