![Permalink to Friday Things Considered: The ARTful Edition "Childhood Memories" Collage by Pam Johnson](http://thingselemental.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DSC01968-150x150.jpg)
When we were young and broke it was a challenge to fill our empty walls with something more than inexpensive framed posters. We actually rented our first piece of original art through a rent-to-buy program at the Oakland Museum. That program has since been discontinued (though SFMOMA still runs one), but I’m grateful that it [...]