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Treekllr's avatar

Being an artist nowadays sucks?(im not an artist) I think you mean being an artist trying to get paid sucks. But hasnt that generally been the case? Isnt that just part of the eternal struggle between art and life? Was it better before?(remember, before gave us the disney casting couch, and countless other things nobody liked)

Life is hard man. A hard life makes good art. There is no other way

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kurisupi_rtf's avatar

No, that last part is a joke, a means to express my frustration with society as a whole (outside of my artwork). As it is said in my favourite poem — "I know this life is hard now... But what are you trying to be free of? The living? ... Love is for the ones who love the work."

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Treekllr's avatar

Oh thats a good line, im sure ill be using it in the future, ty!

Who is the poet?

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kurisupi_rtf's avatar

Sorry, I should have cited his name! The poem is called "For A Student Who Used AI To Write A Paper", written by Joseph Fasano. Here's a link: https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper

Man, I complain about work being stolen and then I do the same thing! I need to be more careful.

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Treekllr's avatar

Thats definitely a good poem. The context the title provides makes it even more so, though the lines are very relevant in a more general way as well. Succinctly conveys an idea ive come to adopt in life, and struggled to put words to.

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Russ Paladino's avatar

As an artist (again?), I’ve finally come to the realization that art has nothing at all to do with money or making a living. I cannot describe how freeing it is to accept this.

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