[ SECRET POST #3980 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3980 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Big Family Cooking Showdown]


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[Michael Fassbender/Alicia Vikander]


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[Team Fourstar/Dragon Ball Z Abridged]


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[Nurarihyon no Mago]


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[Candice Swanepoel (Victoria's Secret)]


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(Stranger Things, season 2)


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[Christian Bale]















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Comments

Re: Should creative endeavours ever be bought or sold?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it would be great if everybody got to make a decent living doing what they live. Yes, it would also be great if everybody got to enjoy the media they love for free, too.

I think these are two very different issues. Whether you get to make a decent living doing what you love depends on whether what you love to do is something people need or want enough that they are willing to pay for it. I don't think creative work has to be given away for free, but I also think no one is required to support artists whose work they don't want anyway (on an individual basis - government and charity support of the arts will sometimes spend money on things you don't like and that's just the way it is.)

I'm acquainted with this couple who live down the street from me. She has a corporate job and he's an artist. He says he's lucky if he makes $1,000 a year, because his art "isn't commercial." (I've never seen it.) He's not making a living off of his creative output because he's not making things enough people want to buy for enough money, but anyone who *does* want some of his art still has to pay for it. He gets to ask for money for his stuff and people get to say "Sorry, I don't like that painting." I don't think he's entitled to a living from his art just because he's an artist, but I do think he's entitled to put a price tag on his work and no one's entitled to steal from him.