"an art community"

That's probably the whole crux of the matter right there. If 'rosity simply referred to itself as a "Artists' Resource" or "Virtual Mall" or "Digital Gallery" things could be a lot simpler. However, the term "community" is broader and more open to subjective interpretation.

There are communities where people all live in the same building, have lots of sex, and don't take showers (at least there used to be back in the '60s from what I've heard). There are villages with small numbers of people who know each other well but they live in their own little houses. There are suburban communities where neighbors don't know neighbors and houses stand empty till all the strangers return home from work.

Each of these is different. But they all have some sort of order. My wife and I would catch hell if we were boffing each other out in our own front yard where everyone can see - using condoms we'd bought at the neighborhood drug store, laying on a mat that we'd bought at the local thrift store, using restraints we'd constructed from supplies we'd bought at the local hardware store, and whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and cherries we'd bought at the local grocery store, all while wearing leather attire made from materials we'd purchased at the local fabric store. Most communities have rules against stuff like that.

Damn them!

But I digress...

The point is that although a "store" is not exactly the same thing as a community, it's still an element of most communities. And with the exception of the most primal of communities, usually there are things you can get at the store that you can't use in public. There are also things you simply can't use anywhere within the community. For example most cities don't allow hunting within city limits even though you can buy guns.

The landlords of this community have a definition of "community" that some of the members don't share, and vica versa.

Message edited on: 05/26/2005 12:50

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