<p>It suddenly dawned on me that the image on the stairs was not an advertisement but part of the exhibition I was on my way to see. If I hadn’t known, I’d have thought they were ads for some kind of clothing line or vitamins or something. The images were lovely but the context troubled me. It continues to trouble me so I thought I better write about it to try and work out why.</p><p>To keep reading <a href="https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/a-blurry-line-between-art-and-advertising/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">A Blurry Line Between Art and Advertising </a>visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. </p><p>This is Episode 472</p><p>Song: Sidewalks of New York</p><p>Image by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandon_Stanton_takes_a_picture,_2015_(cropped).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Pete Souza</a></p><p>To support this podcast:</p><p>Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!</p><p>Rate it wherever you listen or via: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist">https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my mailing list: <a href="http://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/">www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/</a></p><p>Like on Facebook:</p><p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/">https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/</a></p><p>Support me on Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis">www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis</a></p><p>Or on Kofi: <a href="http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis">http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis</a></p><p>or PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist">https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my Substack: <a href="https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/">https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/</a></p><p>Follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/erainbowd">@erainbowd</a></p><p>On Mastodon - @[email protected]</p><p>On Blue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/songsforthestrugglingartist/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/SongsForTheStrugglingArtist/">Pinterest</a></p><p>Listen to The Dragoning <a href="https://anchor.fm/messenger-theatre-company/episodes/">here</a> and The Defense <a href="https://www.messengertheatreco.org/#/the-defense/">here</a>. </p><p>You can support them via Ko-fi here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany">https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany</a></p><p>As ever, I am yours,</p><p>Emily Rainbow Davis</p><p>Explicit due to "Shut. The F*ck. Up."</p>
