tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412012.post109713338466110438..comments2024-02-29T01:15:42.787+08:00Comments on Dream Ink: Art and PovertyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126007565300598871noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412012.post-1097489445956299282004-10-11T18:10:00.000+08:002004-10-11T18:10:00.000+08:00Prakup, your last line is the most revealing and t...Prakup, your last line is the most revealing and the most relevant here. If you want to create art for money (intent, motive), then you are a craftsman. If you want to create art for the 'pleasure' of creating it, then you are an artist. That is how I make sense of the term art.<br /><br />And if money comes in the process, good for you. <br /><br />Are you ready for this?<br /><br />Are you ready to nurture this love of creation for years without any profitable results?<br /><br />If yes, then you are on the right path.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126007565300598871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412012.post-1097474998535887312004-10-11T14:09:00.000+08:002004-10-11T14:09:00.000+08:00I am a writer by profession and a creative (even i...I am a writer by profession and a creative (even if I say so myself!) writer as well.<br /><br />My problem is that the twain have nary a chance in hell of ever finding common ground. If my art must be at the cost of my livelihood, I cannot afford it. <br /><br />On the other hand, the thought that my art languishes in the closet while my livelihood takes up all my time, is depressing to say the least.<br /><br />Several times I have tried to find a 'job' that would allow me to indulge in my writing. But such jobs, if they exist at all, always seem to favour the monied and the already well-off.<br /><br />How then can people like me find the time to indulge in creating 'art'. And, if the value of art is to be measured by how much it is worth when it goes under the auctioneer's hammer, then how long can one practically afford to wait before the indulgent writing becomes, certifiably, art?<br /><br />And pray, who might the certifier be?<br /><br />It is all one big muddle. Sometimes I shudder at the thought that my time might be better spent being an excellent copywriter/content writer/ article writer than a much-appreciated (though never-to-see-a-cent-during-my-lifetime) writer of fiction.<br /><br />But the pursuit of the ideal shall carry on, other things notwithstanding.Joe Job Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386007254190629625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412012.post-1097466914599869582004-10-11T11:55:00.000+08:002004-10-11T11:55:00.000+08:00Hi,
I like to belive that we are slowly reaching ...Hi,<br /><br />I like to belive that we are slowly reaching there. <br /><br />But are people reading? There are more people watching TV and digitised entertainment than actually reading (though the number of books sold has increased, the number of authors has increased). <br /><br />What I personally suspect is that people who are reading and buying books (other than libraries and teaching departments) are wannabe writers or English teachers or people who want to learn English as a global business language. <br /><br />Some people still read for pleasure but their tribe is not increasing. <br /><br />And of course there still are some true artists, creating art just for the pleasure of creating it.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />ZafarAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126007565300598871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412012.post-1097333911909265242004-10-09T22:58:00.000+08:002004-10-09T22:58:00.000+08:00I believe we are not there yet. But slowly reachin...I believe we are not there yet. But slowly reaching there.<br /><br />Well said, Zafar!Shakeel Abedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486885265935738877noreply@blogger.com