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I happened upon this article about art school and surviving as an artist today. This quote resonated particularly strongly:

“It’s hard to set aside time for art on a regular basis in this culture if you aren’t immediately getting money to do it,” says Arsem. “But to develop as an artist, you need to trust that it’s going to be worth it eventually.” 

What if “eventually” never comes? At what point do you hang up your brushes, as it were? Or does even considering the option make your art less valid? Probably… I don’t know… yeah, probably. But, I do know that blind faith can get you many places — however, not all of them are necessarily places you want to go.

And really, you should create art just because you feel compelled to. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean some monies wouldn’t be nice.

Original photo courtesy unemploymentor.com; crude illustration courtesy yours truly

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him “Whose?” — Don Marquis

You know, there’s nothing quite like reading about delusional bazillionaires to get the bile rising in my throat. And god damn, I just love the taste of vitriol.

In a properly functioning capitalist economy, rich people don’t “create jobs” for workers; workers, upon having jobs, create rich people. 

This is assuming the concept of capitalism is, in fact, stronger than humanity’s inherent shittiness. Obviously, this is not the case, and that is exactly why the executive branch of our government answers to Wall Street goons and its cabinet is full of people getting paid by the Illuminati. Did I happen to mention that in an improperly functioning capitalist economy, rich people create “conspiracy theorists”?