reneSat, Jan 5, 2008 I realize this has only tangentially to do with what you are writing about, but your post triggered a few thoughts that have been on my mind lately. When I meet people who are struggling with dilemma's like practicality versus creativity etc. I have to assume that society, teachers, parents, have conditioned them to be "practical", arguing that there's little room for creative expression in the real world. Still, more and more kids are going to art and film and music schools, burdening themselves for years to come with student loans, whereas the last thing a creative person needs is that kind of overhead because it will reduce their freedom to do what they want. But they are told that if they have a degree they stand to make a lot more money in the real world, even though that is not at all the world they are being prepared for. It's all very strange. Especially in the age of the internet where all financial models have been turned upside down. All I know is that artists by necessity develop better survival skills than most to roll with the punches of a changing world, and in this day and age that may be very practical.
I realize this has only tangentially to do with what you are writing about, but your post triggered a few thoughts that have been on my mind lately. When I meet people who are struggling with dilemma's like practicality versus creativity etc. I have to assume that society, teachers, parents, have conditioned them to be "practical", arguing that there's little room for creative expression in the real world. Still, more and more kids are going to art and film and music schools, burdening themselves for years to come with student loans, whereas the last thing a creative person needs is that kind of overhead because it will reduce their freedom to do what they want. But they are told that if they have a degree they stand to make a lot more money in the real world, even though that is not at all the world they are being prepared for. It's all very strange. Especially in the age of the internet where all financial models have been turned upside down. All I know is that artists by necessity develop better survival skills than most to roll with the punches of a changing world, and in this day and age that may be very practical.