{"id":1078,"date":"2020-06-28T12:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T19:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2020-06-28T12:31:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T19:31:24","slug":"can-an-artist-starve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/can-an-artist-starve\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an Artist Starve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Starving artist” is stuck in our heads like “for the birds.” Both phrases rarely apply.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The danger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Creative workers are vital. As more stuff is automated, the work that will be left for humans will be solving complicated problems (creativity). Harnessing creativity becomes more valuable as time goes on. Skills like compliance and memorization diminish in value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea that “starving artist” is such an earworm implies the opposite. It makes parents fear a black sheep. It makes children get back in line for a law degree. It makes creatives devalue their own work to find legitimacy. It makes employers and art buyers expect a discount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From privilege into poverty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When humanity got good at acquiring food, water, and shelter; life got easier. We had time to make tools, and life got easier. We had time to make weapons, and life got easier. We had time to make art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same now. If you’re from a poor family, you’ll most likely need to work and pursue things that will help earn money for your family. But, if you’re from privilege and fear of poverty isn’t on the radar, your parents are more likely to encourage you to choose a career considered more frivolous… less directly about acquiring food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More rarely, resilience can be a privilege that leads to creative work. You might be born into a scarce situation, but learn to thrive in scarcity, so you have more wiggle room to try stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The worst college majors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Miscellaneous fine arts<\/li>
  2. Composition and speech<\/li>
  3. Clinical psychology<\/li>
  4. Cosmetology services and culinary arts<\/li>
  5. Visual and performing arts<\/li>
  6. Human services and community organization<\/li>
  7. Educational psychology<\/li>
  8. Drama and theater arts<\/li>
  9. Interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies (general)<\/li>
  10. Library science<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    There’s this study done by Bankrate<\/a> that ranked college major above by lowest income and employment rate. Regardless if artists are less paid or more paid than other workers, there are some problems with the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n