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The arts is full of people expressing themselves for pay below the poverty line, often not expected or wanted as remuneration for their expression. Treating bus
by qmmmur 7y ago
The arts is full of people expressing themselves for pay below the poverty line, often not expected or wanted as remuneration for their expression. Treating business as expression and calling it the same thing as actual art is quite oblivious to the reality.
- jshevek 7y agoBoth kinds of activities, the one that you characterize and the one that the parent comment characterizes, occur in the art world.
- rickitan 7y agoI made the original comment, and I think we see the world in a different way. This is how I see it: Creating a business is a creative act. It involves logic and rationality as much as intuition and imagination. I do think it's an expression of yourself, you're packing all you've learned into something that you think will be valuable to other people. Your personality is reflected in your product, so is your voice. Ultimately it's up to the creator to treat their business however they seem best. If you want to be all about profits, good for you. If you want to explore ideas, try things and enjoy the creative process while slowly building revenue, also good.
- catblast 7y ago> It involves logic and rationality as much as intuition and imagination. Yes, because this applies to virtually every human endeavor (even though I find tech types have a tendency to discount the former in areas outside their expertise). The thesis of this old post is the counterpoint: https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm
- wooolfgang 7y agoTake a look at Jonathan Blow's products. You can see art and software coexisting.