The Times (London) ran an article about street artist Slinkachu, who creates tiny scenes that he photographs and then leave in place in nature to be washed away by rain, or maybe carried away by animals or stepped on by people who don't even notice them. Photos of his work now sell for up to £4000 ($6000) each. What I found interesting was how he came to do this in the first place and how it turned into a profitable way to make a living.
The article, by Mike Wade, says that in 2006, Slinkachu (that's a made-up name he goes by) was in his late twenties, an art director for an advertising firm. He happened to notice a stag beetle on his porch in London and wondered whether there were lots of them around but we just never notice them. That led to the idea of tiny figures set up in a tableau. The article says, "Things moved fast. He started a blog, to pass his photographs to his friends, but rapidly achieved a much wider following. He gave up his day job and found a gallery."
And now he makes a lot of money doing kind of a crazy thing that he loves to do. Result!
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