All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.
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Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people.
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.
I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.
I hate to sound like a romantic adolescent, but I believe artists don't generally see art as a career choice; they simply can't overcome their desire to make art, and will live on little income for as long as they have to, before they start to sell their work - or give up and get a paying job.
They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.
I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.
The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid.
It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.