Personally, I like the idea that enterprise actually is derived from the idea of forced entry and entrepreneurs to be among the takers
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/15/12 3:27:48 PM, [email protected] writes: > > > > I found it somewhat less than idealistic for her to say: > > > > - Artists should learn to see themselves as *entrepreneurs.* > > > Joseph, every once in a while we have to think metaphorically, aided by > etymology. > > Indeed every artist does undertake an "enterprise" whenever he begins a new > work. > > Here are three entries in an average dictionary for 'enterprise'. You'll > notice economy comes into it only in the third entry: > > 1 > : a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or > risky > 2 > : readiness to engage in daring or difficult action : initiative <showed > great enterprise in dealing with the crisis> > 3 > a : a unit of economic organization or activity; especially : a business > organization > b : a systematic purposeful activity <agriculture is the main economic > enterprise among these people> > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS La Table Ronde 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011 [email protected] www.21stprojects.org
