I’ve read somewhere that right winger (and by extension billionaires) could see themselves become one of the millionaires class, however they cannot imagine being one day someone in the intelligencia/artists class.
I’m not right wing and I’m completely broke mostly for reasons to do with a manipulative ex rather than a lack of income, but it’s still far more likely that I’ll one day be a millionaire than that I’ll one day be an artist. And I suspect that’s the same for a LOT of people.
You can luck into a well-paid job and good connections, you can’t really luck into a skill you were never born with. They say hard work beats talent, but if you have zero talent, no amount of hard work will suddenly give you a sense of imagination worth a damn. 9 years worth of mandatory art class in school AKA mostly drawing or painting for 2 hours a week and my skills cap at… side view of a bus. An European one, not an American one.
So yes, it’s a lot easier to fantasize about kicking off a successful business or just lucking into a high-end executive role at a job than it is to fantasize one day creating something that someone would actually find beautiful or meaningful.
‘Be an artist [as a professional job]’ and ‘be an artist [someone who makes art]’ absolutely shouldn’t be considered synonymous. Anyone can be an artist. People were artists tens of thousands of years before job specialization was invented. The desire to make art is inherent to the human condition, and that doesn’t have to mean ‘draw/paint fine art’. Sewing, woodworking, tile/brick laying, garden design, sculpture, photography, fabric dyeing, there are so many artistic ways that people can express themselves that don’t have to be inaccessible. And that’s just visual art, not even touching performing or writing! You are capable of creative expression in a way that interests you and you enjoy.
I think so as well. And I know lots of people who do arts as a hobby. From playing a music instrument, dancing, singing, to drawing, writing fan fiction. Some people have a lathe and woodworking stuff in the garage. Some take pride in their flowers or have been growing bonsai trees for longer than I live. Travel to placed to snap some more pictures of birds or some old rusty stuff. I heard all of that can be considered art forms and there’s many more. I think there’s lots of creativity and art somewhere inside of a lot of people. And some desire to express something.
I’m not right wing and I’m completely broke mostly for reasons to do with a manipulative ex rather than a lack of income, but it’s still far more likely that I’ll one day be a millionaire than that I’ll one day be an artist. And I suspect that’s the same for a LOT of people.
You can luck into a well-paid job and good connections, you can’t really luck into a skill you were never born with. They say hard work beats talent, but if you have zero talent, no amount of hard work will suddenly give you a sense of imagination worth a damn. 9 years worth of mandatory art class in school AKA mostly drawing or painting for 2 hours a week and my skills cap at… side view of a bus. An European one, not an American one.
So yes, it’s a lot easier to fantasize about kicking off a successful business or just lucking into a high-end executive role at a job than it is to fantasize one day creating something that someone would actually find beautiful or meaningful.
I don’t know why people go straight to drawing. I’m an artist (fulltime) and i can’t draw.
‘Be an artist [as a professional job]’ and ‘be an artist [someone who makes art]’ absolutely shouldn’t be considered synonymous. Anyone can be an artist. People were artists tens of thousands of years before job specialization was invented. The desire to make art is inherent to the human condition, and that doesn’t have to mean ‘draw/paint fine art’. Sewing, woodworking, tile/brick laying, garden design, sculpture, photography, fabric dyeing, there are so many artistic ways that people can express themselves that don’t have to be inaccessible. And that’s just visual art, not even touching performing or writing! You are capable of creative expression in a way that interests you and you enjoy.
I think so as well. And I know lots of people who do arts as a hobby. From playing a music instrument, dancing, singing, to drawing, writing fan fiction. Some people have a lathe and woodworking stuff in the garage. Some take pride in their flowers or have been growing bonsai trees for longer than I live. Travel to placed to snap some more pictures of birds or some old rusty stuff. I heard all of that can be considered art forms and there’s many more. I think there’s lots of creativity and art somewhere inside of a lot of people. And some desire to express something.