Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Karina, Most artists I know, I share a building/studio with about twenty of them, perceive their self-worth as putting food on the table every day and paying the rent and/or mortgage on time. Easier to do when your young, hell even I could sleep on the floor quite well when I was in my twenties. Regards, Greg kiklaas@iinet.net.au wrote: >It propably amounts to what artists perceive is their "self-worth" and/or >how desperate they are to either earn a living or be acknowledged as >having some token worth which would serve to increase the appreciation of >their own "self worth" over time...looking at the history of the most >famous artists in the world, it seems that doing "what one loves most" >comes with a sacrifice - ie. the value of many artists work only increased >with value after their deaths, many lived in poverty throughout their >whole life. > >I, too, would love nothing better than to "work as a fulltime >photographer" for a living - the reality is - it is my profession as an >accountant that provides the standard of living that allows me to do >things like buying a Leica - so I think that is a sacrifice in itself - >ie. getting up every day and doing "the duty work" - if I was able to get >some pleasure out of selling any work, even at a reduced rate, it would >making the getting out of bed as an accountant more of a pleasure. > >Karina > > > > >>At 02:13 PM 3/11/02 -0800, you wrote: >> >>> I believe that a thing of beauty should be available to >>>any or all who will appreciate it. >>> >> >>And the person who made that thing of beauty is supposed to make his/her >>living how? Doctors are paid for their talent. Lawyers are paid for >> >their > >>knowledge. Why not artists? >> >> >>Tina >> >> >>Tina Manley, ASMP >>http://www.tinamanley.com >>images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html