A sweet quote I found in Broken Pencil Zine ...

“The funny thing about the economic crisis is that a lot of artists and writers don’t notice it. Their life is always the same – they’re really poor. They either have welfare or a job or some under the table way of getting money. You do your music, your writing, your art, the years go by. […] Until their own cafes lay them off, they’ll think [this recession is] full of shit. […]I’m writing a new book right now and trying to decide on a publisher who will make it through the recession. There’s a damn good chance many won’t be around in a year or two.[…] If there’s one thing we learned in the ’90s recession, it’s that there’s certainly no less underground publishing, writing, music or film. No one had money to buy magazines off the newsstands, but everyone would come to the local zine launch and buy the zine for a dollar or two. When times get that tough that fast, that’s when people have the time and motive to sit down and make something themselves. DIY gets a big boost. There’s nothing wrong with having a lot of time.”

-Louis Rastelli, author of 'A Fine Ending', a book about Montreals recession in the 90's, and its affect on artists.