From the flyer for a gallery we stum­bled into last night as part of Seattle’s First Thurs­days Artwalk:

We prefer to create mean­ing­ful rela­tion­ships by engag­ing in dia­logue with those inter­ested in our work. We can explore ways to assist you in acquir­ing our work for your home or art col­lec­tion. We believe that the nego­ti­a­tion of cost or exchange for the work is an inte­gral part of the rela­tion­ship between artist and col­lec­tor. We are look­ing for­ward to having this conversation.

I leave it to you: sweetly frank, sin­cerely well-​meaning, hor­ri­bly misguided?