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One of the things I’m most curious about wasn’t covered in the article, however. And that’s self-promotion. It seems to be a dirty word and yet those of us in free-lance careers know that getting our names in front of the right people can be at least as important as the work itself.
About four years ago, not too long after I’d moved to Chicago, I heard Tony Fitzpatrick’s name for the first time, in connection with the Poetry Slam at the Green Mill Tavern. Then he popped up on “Drive-In Reviews” with Buzz Kilman. And I think maybe that’s when I found out he does some acting, too. (They might have done the show over the phone where he was on location or explained his absence by saying he was acting in a movie somewhere.) Through Jonathon Brandmeier’s show, I learned that Tony and Buzz are great friends. While I may have known he’s a painter, I’m sure I wasn’t aware that painting is what his life is about.
