But the fact that he's still doing this in middle age, and that Amoeba is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, suggests there's a lot more to this than wanting to steer clear of working for The Man.
Moreover, last year, the Holy See exhibited at the Venice Biennale for the first time – though, as Sliwka points out, "The works chosen for their pavilion deliberately steered clear of work that engaged directly with Catholic themes or imagery".
Lu says he steers clear of working in areas in which he might get a lot of attention, choosing instead to focus on arcane topics such as ancient Chinese artifacts in which, he says, "no one is likely to care about what you are doing".
Even as he cultivated ties with Waha executives, however, Mitchell made a point to steer clear of work that he thought might require him to pay kickbacks.
Steer clear of work talk or politics; instead, stick to neutral topics like the holidays, the weather, and people's kids.
So make sure if you are travelling at the weekend your route is clear of work.
The dispute between Unite and Ineos was complicated by the position of Stephen Deans, a union official and longstanding Grangemouth employee who was accused and cleared of working to rig the vote for the local parliamentary candidate.
He often works with Jennifer Long at Film Art LA a firm that rents copyright cleared reproductions of works of art for use on sets.
While the water is now clean, green and somewhat clear, plenty of work remains, on and off shore.
The saw presses down on the work during the cutting stroke but is raised clear of the work during the return stroke.
