Slandering Artists
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How awesome is this...:
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/15-totally-dumb-jobs.html?curPhoto=5
Not that I care but was curious to ask, is this what people really think about being an artist or have you ever thought this about being an artist?
Makes for some interesting discussion, has anyone found anything like this before? Share the link I'd like to read them.
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/15-totally-dumb-jobs.html?curPhoto=5
Not that I care but was curious to ask, is this what people really think about being an artist or have you ever thought this about being an artist?
Makes for some interesting discussion, has anyone found anything like this before? Share the link I'd like to read them.
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"Wanting to be an artist is like saying "I want to be a hobo who wears trash bags and eats chicken bone salad.""
I should fix this for him
"Wanting to be an artist means you're ready to put in 110% of your effort to become a professional working in a medium that requires talent and dedication, therefore getting paid for it."
And then he continues...
"As a rule, artists are just special princes and princesses who want to be lavished with praise because they think they're talented."
When in actuality, "As a rule, artists must negotiate and communicate with difficult deadlines, contracts, and clients that have little unterstanding of time required by their type of talent."
This entire article is hogwash.
This made me completely lose credibility to whoever wrote this.
It's Tru TV. "Who?" you might ask. Good question...
This article was clearly written by someone who is as untalented at writing, as they are at making art.. they just choose the easier of the two. Likely written by a prepubescent teenager, this author needs to give back society the time they've wasted reading this barbaric article.
/end rant
lol.. I think most people can appreciate those who have artistic talent. I for one can.. regardless of the artist's medium.
I mean, lets be honest here, we've got a pretty fckn sweet job. If someone wants to write a douchey blog post calling us names while we succeed at doing what we love, who cares, we're still winning.
Dude is just writing to provoke people - I wouldn't waste any energy seriously arguing against this.
savvy, proffessional, and business oriented artists are none of the things he said.
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why did you even post this shit, op? did you write it or something?
"There's always that one brat who announces he or she wants to be a doctor when they grow up because doctors are supposed to be rich and respected. C'mon, kid, pick a cool job like firefighter or Navy SEAL or blogger."
Firefighter = yea, it is a real job that requires intelligent thinking ie. putting water on fire.
Navy SEAL = yes it is a great job because it quires you to follow orders without questioning your conscience or any sort of rational judgment whatsoever.
Blogger = yes it is a great job because it requires you write dumb shit on public website.
disclaimer/ i have nothing against the above jobs but just making an example how any job can be demeaned.
For what it's worth, he's got astronaut and president of the united states on there too as dumb jobs. So you're among astronauts and heads of state
Pffft, what kind of artists are you?
Tell that to the cardiologist who's standing in the ER, when you have a heart attack at 35.
"Oh I'm just a meat mechanic huh? Well then I guess you don't need me to remove the 30+ years of big macs from your arteries? I guess I'm too stupid to do a quadruple bypass?
Since you're so smart, here you do it. Oh looks like someone can't hold a scalpel in his left arm Ha ha ha. Don't worry once you restore blood flow it should be fine, get to it Mr funny blogger guy time is ticking and judging by the color of your lips you have about 4-5 min until you black out."
Considering he also goes after chefs and baristas he's begging for something extra in his next meal or coffee... considering those are probably out of work artists, dr's in training or delusional people who think they'll be president the guy is headed for a world of hurt if anyone takes that seriously.
Thanks for all the on topic discussion & the input guys.
I agree vig that putting doctor there was pretty stupid to say amongst the others.
This was just to find out if anyone has found anything similar that they might have come across along these lines.
My impressions of the "blog" were also that this person was 'jealous' in the sense that he/she had to be the one to write out these "bloggs" of other accomplished people who he/she probably couldn't hold a candle to.
No harm no foul to get all worked up over my curiosity wasn't the point...Thanks again guys, supposed to be a friendly discussion on the topic, topic being the slandering of artists, nothing more.
lol this blog is a troll to the max
this. why are people taking a bit of comedy so seriously?
although i think the responses in this thread are far more amusing than the awkward attempt of the blog.
What made you take it seriously? I thought it was pretty obvious that the guy was just jerking people's chains.
because nothing about it is funny in the slightest.
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Didn't take it seriously it was to see who else found anything along a similar topic about artist that might have been serious about their statements.
Did he mention lolcats and cock tanks? I can't be bothered to read the article.
Secondeddedded.
I may be poor, but I will always find money for alcohol.
oh, oh, let's start that wacom, wackem, waycom, wahcum debate again!