This is probably my third article on Lisa Punch since; she made her international debut on Rising Star. However, this is my first article since I actually had a personal encounter with her and got the chance to really sit down and appreciate her as a person. I had arranged to have a style session with Lisa for my fashion blog www.online-runway.com during her recent stay in Guyana for several reasons. First and foremost to actually meet the person who gave me so much pride lately to say I’m from Guyana and secondly a chance to construct a legitimate argument about the need for fashion cohesion from local artists/musicians on and off stage.
I understand that artists in Guyana are treated as non-professionals and unworthy of pay. The creative industries have failed to develop structures and systems, for more than one reason and this impinges on the quality of their production and their delivery as artists.
Taking into consideration that they get mostly no support for their craft, their efforts should be commended. However, an average effort sometimes and in
