Your words succinctly state what many have felt for years. We need more positives to counter all the negativity on screens, in the news media, in our daily lives. With the uneasiness and heartbreak that the political scene creates within families and communities, our lives as artists, as well as outside the arts, needs more hope, caring, humanity that only the creativity and outside of the box thinking can bring. First caring for ourselves, then our families and communities, and most importantly the planet.☮️💟
We're told by artbiz that success as an artist is making big money. Success on those terms is exclusionary. A society that celebrates creativity is inclusionary. We need to find a way for artists to do what they do and provides a living, or at least a good part of a living. We need to do that though without forcing everyone into the gig economy. The writer Charles Handy coined the term 'portfolio career ', meaning a career not in the control of others, without the coercive control of the gig economy
Exactly. The current system discourages the creative community from working and exploits those who are able. And worse twists their work to their own corporate purposes by dangling money (and as little as possible at that).
If you don't mind I am going to combine what you said with what I just responded into an article.
I am going to make my response as a post because it's too long. I'll call it The Art of Feeling Art.
Can’t wait to read it.
Your words succinctly state what many have felt for years. We need more positives to counter all the negativity on screens, in the news media, in our daily lives. With the uneasiness and heartbreak that the political scene creates within families and communities, our lives as artists, as well as outside the arts, needs more hope, caring, humanity that only the creativity and outside of the box thinking can bring. First caring for ourselves, then our families and communities, and most importantly the planet.☮️💟
The prize is no longer the money. This is the prize, and you are absolutely on target.
“Art into life. Life into art. Or perhaps: life first into art, and then art—transformed—back into life.”
Preach Cecil!
That's fine by me.
Wow! This is such an inspiring message. I really needed to hear that today. Thank you.
We're told by artbiz that success as an artist is making big money. Success on those terms is exclusionary. A society that celebrates creativity is inclusionary. We need to find a way for artists to do what they do and provides a living, or at least a good part of a living. We need to do that though without forcing everyone into the gig economy. The writer Charles Handy coined the term 'portfolio career ', meaning a career not in the control of others, without the coercive control of the gig economy
Exactly. The current system discourages the creative community from working and exploits those who are able. And worse twists their work to their own corporate purposes by dangling money (and as little as possible at that).
If you don't mind I am going to combine what you said with what I just responded into an article.
My response went to the wrong place...
Just that it wasn't threaded properly.
Now *that* is a book I'd read! 😀