The last shoe drops

A potentially greater danger is that artists get turned off completely, refusing to strike any balance and giving up their art in order to live a little more comfortably.

For 33-year-old mosaicist and Jem resident Shannon Lindberg, a return to the regular 9-to-5 grind may prove something of a relief. Lindberg graduated from the University of Arizona and ran her own interior design business in Tuscon for two years before returning to Seattle to be near her family when she gave birth to her daughter Skyler, now five. But after the Shoe closes, she won't be squatting in the new artist enclave, be it in Duwamish or Georgetown or wherever.

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"I'm going to move to the Eastside in my single-wide trailer and try to work at a furniture store," Lindberg says, laughing. "Being a full-time artist is a lot more stressful and a lot more work. When this is all over, I'm getting a job just so I can relax."