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Art is made by people, who need food, housing, etc. If they can support themselves in some way through their craft, then they can spend more time at, and less w
by QuadrupleA 4y ago
Art is made by people, who need food, housing, etc. If they can support themselves in some way through their craft, then they can spend more time at, and less washing dishes at a restuarant, and be better at it.
Yes business can cheapen and corrupt, and produce commercialized crap (which apparently people like and will pay for so it's serving some need). But there are plenty of artists out there with integrity who also make a living at it.
- z3c0 4y agoYou're conflating demands for capital with an artist's desire to create, and most artists would do the latter regardless of the former. In fact, you even said it yourself - artists who create for capital are forced to produce more shallow art for the masses. Art is a pursuit of the divine, not capital, and pursuing one will come at the expense of the other.