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For a lot of artists, unfortunately it's not. They need to have a job to support their art habit/hobby.
by epochwolf 13y ago
For a lot of artists, unfortunately it's not. They need to have a job to support their art habit/hobby.
- moron4hire 13y agoPerhaps that is because they focused too much on so-called "real" work and never developed their art enough to make a living. Perhaps they need so much money because they went to a university to learn what is free at any library.
- epochwolf 13y agoOr no one is willing to pay enough for their skills.
- moron4hire 13y agoThere's the problem. You're focused on selling skills, rather than works. Selling your labor is going to ensure you stay a wage slave.
- ordinary 13y agoYet your user name contains the words 'for hire'. ;)
- ordinary 13y agoSome of the most celebrated artists in history barely made enough to pay for their rent and were utterly unappreciated in their time.[1] More recent examples abound in the music industry, in which you can be wildly successful, yet make less than what amounts to minimum wage.[2] The importance of art to understanding human condition cannot be understated. Yet, for whatever reason, societies by and large does not reward the people who produce it financially. There's certainly a lot wrong with our education system, but blaming it for the starving artist syndrome is unfair. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_gogh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_gogh [2] http://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=17 http://www.negativland.com/news/?page_id=17