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People like to create things (media.piefed.world)

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[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The vast, vast majority of artists do it as a job to survive and not for fun though.

It can certainly be a hobby that is done for fun with no time constraints, where you can just make whatever you please, but it can also be stressful, soul-sucking necessity once money gets involved.

[–] meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Can confirm. I've gone full-time gigging musician. Don't get me wrong, I chose this path after exhausting all other options because it's the only career I can stomach, but when you make your hobby your job, your hobby becomes your job.

I've managed to pay rent and bills, but I still got credit card debt from the beginning when I was really scraping by. Every month feels like I'm unemployed until I get saved by a big gig, but it is quite terrifying still.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I would consider many of the construction trades a form of art, and thats certainly still a job. Art is more a way of doing something than a specific action in my opinion. You can also create art in a way thats not expressive, which would mean the person making it might not be an artist.