join her on stage for the horns and strings, and some critics called her out for making all that cash and then not paying her performers. Palmer reacted as she always has — with transparency. She blogged about the dust up and was interviewed everywhere from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal. Eventually she changed her mind and decided to pay the volunteers. She also wrote a manifesto of sorts about the economics of art, called “The Art of Asking,” and gave a TED talk of the same name, in which she discusses her views on art and commerce.

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Elfinspell Introduction to
Sir Walter Raleigh's Report
of the Last Sea-Fight of the Revenge

After the glorious victory of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the Elizabethan Navy, with its brave and chivalrous knights exemplified, it is not surprising that no mention in the history books is made of the fate of one of its key ships, The Revenge.

True heroism entails reporting the inglorious acts of one's own countrymen. Sir Walter Raleigh has done it in this report, A Report of the Truth Concerning the Last Sea-Fight of the Revenge. Like Froissart, he includes enough flattery to keep his head, for the moment, but — unlike Froissart — his portrayal was still so shocking that this disgraceful action by the rest of the English fleet has been buried 'fathoms deep'