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> Fewer and fewer make a living at it full time. They struggle to make a business out of this. I feel like the art world has a very weird “winner take all” ment
by Zababa 6y ago
> Fewer and fewer make a living at it full time. They struggle to make a business out of this. I feel like the art world has a very weird “winner take all” mentality. I kind of wish it was more distributed. I appreciate new revenue models, but I have mixed feeling about this.
I think that's because most people get into art for themselves and not because there's a demand. That means that they have to both create their art and the demand, in a domain that is really competitive because lots of people want to live from their art.
- xtracto 6y agoI have a cousin who is a theatre actor (here in Mexico). He loved acting all his life and I remember fondly going to see him at some of his presentations. However, in the last 10 years, the demand for actors has dried up crazily. He has been trying to get into programming (10 years ago was Java, nowadays is webdev) and asks me about it every now and then. I'm always happy to help him in any way I can regarding technology, but man I am always feel very bad that he is pushed out of his passion due to a lack of demand in that sort of things.