What I do

It seems to me that most MFA programs would discourage, if not condemn, most of what I do. And I want to do what I do, not what they do (which isn't a criticism of what they do—but they have enough people doing it and don't need me to do it too). If I don't (and I don't) do what I do as well as I should or as well as I could, well, that gives me a goal. But the advice of a celery-reseller is going to be of limited use to someone trying to develop a market for salsa.