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> All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste Or because it is a relatively simple white collar job that pays crazy money. Which
by usrnm 4y ago
> All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste
Or because it is a relatively simple white collar job that pays crazy money. Which is more likely?
- foundart 4y agoMy understanding is that creative work pays little unless your work is very popular. See for example the distribution of royalties for music streaming or for authors of books. Given this low likelihood of monetary gain it seems unlikely the money is a primary motivator.
- libraryatnight 4y agoMaking a living off ones art isn't easy. It's hard work generally just polishing the skill to a point people might appreciate it enough to pay for it in some way - then starts the hard work of getting people to watch, listen, look, etc. If you manage that without some stroke of serious luck it can be years to build a sufficient base that a high enough percentage of them buy something every release or whatever your output is. Like the quote says, a lot of people quit. A lot that don't quit don't make it either, and the lucky among them end up sort of art adjacent. You aren't the host, but you're a writer, you're not a rock star but after your band fell apart you ended up doing sound and lights at a venue you frequented, you're not Ira Glass but you're a producer or editor.
- jcpst 4y agoIt's the first one. It's not simple, it's not white collar, and it doesn't pay crazy money. I wonder where you get that impression from. For examples, refer to most artists, musicians, poets, writers...
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoMost creatives have to have a day job to pay the bills, because their art pays almost nothing.