Okay. Wow. They let you have seriously long titles, don’t they? XD
But anyway.
People keep telling me I should be an artist….
And It’s beginning to piss me off.
My answers vary. Generally I say I don’t know. They then reply with ‘you should’ and shut up about the whole me-being-an-artist-thing, which is probably why it’s my most used answer.
Sometimes I say yes, and then the person ussually starts asking loads of random questions like “can I be your agent?” and shit.
Do artists even have agents?
And very occasionally I say no. But then I ussually get some rant about how I should be an artist.
I don’t even know why I don’t want to be an artist.
I guess I don’t really see art as a real job.
I mean, it depends on your definition of artist. Like, lots of people call themselves/are artists, but it’s not what they do. Or you can call someone an artist if you they’re good at art.
But I mean, doing art as a paid job.
In fact I can’t think of any artist (like, famous artist. Or at least well known) Whoose only job is doing art. And it’s a paid job.
and they’re still alive.
(Does banksy count? ...He doesn’t ussually get paid though. So I guess not.)
I mean, I’d love to be remembered when I’m gone too, but being known when I’m alive is more important to me right now. (well, you know, not right now. I don’t expect people to give a shit about some random school girl that hasn’t done anything much. XD)
But yeah.
And you know, the artists that do have art as their only job, realy don’t get paid that much.
I mean, I guess if you did something involving art, your still an artist. Like, a graphic desighner or whatever.
Maybe you don’t get people who just do… art.
Which kinda sucks.
But I mean, what do people mean when they say I should be an artist?
XD I don’t think they think it through all that well.
Actually, I think I’m thinking it through too much.
So I’ll shut up now.
Still dunno if I want to do something art-related or not…
whatever…
Bye…
-Alina
