Think about it...

I figured out why so many "artists", (painters, writers, musicians, etc) become famous after they're dead.

Posthumous is MUCH easier.

Here's why...

Most "artists" that I know, or know of, seem to walk a fine line between absolute genius and complete lunacy. Sometimes that line is crossed and one never knows whether they'll make it back.

Soooo...

If you wait 'til they're dead, you can:

* lavishly praise, and sell for disgusting amounts of money, the stuff they did well,
*chalk the "not so good" attempts up to their "discovery period" (which also sells) and the
*BAAD stuff up to angst... (which may sell the best of all)

And best of all, you don't have to worry about...

what the heck...

they might do next!!