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@Remittancegirl This may not be very responsive, feel free to treat it as such.
My beef with "artists" is that conventionally many of them were products of extreme privilege.
E.g. I'm (now) a Mainer, the Wyeths do stunningly beautiful work but they roamed Chadds Ford and the Maine coast because they were independently wealthy. I *hear* that the alive ones have expressed some odious political views, that does not bode well for their ancestors.
I know that's not (just) what you mean by "art".
Artists *get popular* because of their privilege leading to this illusion. Broadly speaking art is evenly divided regardless of financial or social privilege
@CartyBoston @Remittancegirl could it be that there is art in all of us, but only financial security allows it to flourish? #ubi
For every Wyeth, there's a Basquiat.
The best artists come from nothing.
No, I think of art in a broader context. Craft if you like, but you make an excellent point. Most people don’t have time to be ‘high culture’ creators when they’re living hand to mouth.
@Remittancegirl I try to find "real" artists now, turns out that's really difficult.
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