The gallery crawl – what a great way to spend the day -- drawings! paintings! sculptures! installations! Ah – the life of the artist -- what a rich, diverse and creative bunch we are. I like the story of the art patron who, on the delivery of a new painting, mounts it over his fireplace and invites all his friends over for a party so they see it, admire and comment on it, and debate its finer points. What a world! Now, it seems, we artists are competing with big screen TVs, iPods and other swag...