Beep@lemmus.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIreland rolls out basic income scheme for artistswww.gov.ieexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
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minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoArt is a skill that takes time and dedication to cultivate, and often at least a seed of talent to boot. I can’t just wake up one morning and say “I’m an artist now” anymore than I can wake up and say “I’m a doctor today.”
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoThat’s the point. People want to simultaneously pretend that art is the trivial pursuit of effete dilettantes but also that subsidizing art is unfair since it would take too much sacrifice and effort for any random person to become an artist.
Art is a skill that takes time and dedication to cultivate, and often at least a seed of talent to boot.
I can’t just wake up one morning and say “I’m an artist now” anymore than I can wake up and say “I’m a doctor today.”
That’s the point. People want to simultaneously pretend that art is the trivial pursuit of effete dilettantes but also that subsidizing art is unfair since it would take too much sacrifice and effort for any random person to become an artist.