Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Famous artist, starving artist


In elementary school, if you love to draw, you'll probably hear that you're going to become a famous artist. In high school, if you still love to draw, you'll probably hear that you're going to become a starving artist. If you go to art school, you'll be surrounded by people haunted by that same question, "Will I be a famous artist, or will I be a starving artist?" I know few artists that don't still carry that dichotomy somewhere deep within their veins.

Why, in a world filled with so many colors in so many shades, do those black and white stereotypes still remain?

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