> Because people don’t get to do that; to be artists. It’s a thing for children, or the pathologically detached and eccentric. Regular people, by definition, ar

> Because people don’t get to do that; to be artists. It’s a thing for children, or the pathologically detached and eccentric. Regular people, by definition, aren’t artists — or so we tell ourselves Rather, I think, most adults don't get to be successful artists - and in turn, most artists don't do it seeking success, they do it because it feels good to create. Creating art for its own sake, or for your own sake, is notoriously difficult to monetize though - creating art for an audience requires that you consider the desires of your patron(s), and that's a different skill than pure creative expression.