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by rdtwo 5y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20210709010638/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/culture/parents-expectations-writing-art.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210709010638/https://www.nytim... Shitty advice for you reading pleasure. Really the advice should be that art is a hobby that you do in your spare time after you earn enough to afford to sponsor yourself. If you get good enough that you can sustain or you are rich enough that you don’t have to than great but it should not be your only path or you will end up a poor debt slave. This isn’t 1960s America of unlimited opportunity folks are fighting for scraps out there.

subpixel 5y ago
No, the article contains rather good advice, and from a range of opinions. My own advice is to follow the authors example: if your actual dream is something with lottery-like odds, find a way to build a career in an adjacent field to which you can apply genuine interest. You might not be able to cross that chasm but your odds of happiness - which matters more - are higher than if you try to divide your days or years into earning and living parts.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
  > No, the article contains rather good advice, and from a range of opinions. You must have read a different article than I did, because the one I read contains an assortment of exceptionally shit advice like "ignore them because they're going to die eventually" and "just lie" and "it's not like they're going to stop loving you" and "wear them down" and "don't worry about their blessing".
Aboh33 5y ago
I second this approach as this is what I did many years ago. The advice I give people now is you have to create your own job these days if they are intent on working as an artist etc but to be aware of all the competition out there (youtubers etc).

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https://web.archive.org/web/20210709010638/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/culture/parents-expectations-writing-art.html https://web.archive.org/web/

by rdtwo 5y ago

subpixel 5y ago
No, the article contains rather good advice, and from a range of opinions. My own advice is to follow the authors example: if your actual dream is something with lottery-like odds, find a way to build a career in an adjacent field to which you can apply genuine interest. You might not be able to cross that chasm but your odds of happiness - which matters more - are higher than if you try to divide your days or years into earning and living parts.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
  > No, the article contains rather good advice, and from a range of opinions. You must have read a different article than I did, because the one I read contains an assortment of exceptionally shit advice like "ignore them because they're going to die eventually" and "just lie" and "it's not like they're going to stop loving you" and "wear them down" and "don't worry about their blessing".
Aboh33 5y ago
I second this approach as this is what I did many years ago. The advice I give people now is you have to create your own job these days if they are intent on working as an artist etc but to be aware of all the competition out there (youtubers etc).