tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post1482913432264507954..comments2023-10-11T02:53:32.035-07:00Comments on Five Cent Stand: A Fist Full of DollarsSeth Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027729307468958273noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-89858288931859309702008-02-11T19:22:00.000-08:002008-02-11T19:22:00.000-08:00Great stuff. Thank you for sharing.Great stuff. Thank you for sharing.portorikanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023121670393119589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-83454620260722886702008-01-23T22:04:00.000-08:002008-01-23T22:04:00.000-08:00I would say there's a difference between creating ...I would say there's a difference between creating to be famous and creating to make money.<BR/><BR/>Once creating becomes your job, you've got to find ways to make money from it. Right? If not, then artists should just create for a hobby, not for a career.<BR/><BR/>So how do you deal with that as an artist? It's an age old question, I think. How do you create with integrity AND with a marketing strategy? How do you NOT worry about what people will think of your art when those very people feed you?FancyPantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051762758211575101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-7167873878965049202008-01-23T18:23:00.000-08:002008-01-23T18:23:00.000-08:00New reader. Very well put. Thank you for making ...New reader. Very well put. Thank you for making me think.Wayward Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473905074288264868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-88111650782834857652008-01-23T07:46:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:46:00.000-08:00Absolutely. A bit of stream of conscious talking ...Absolutely. A bit of stream of conscious talking there, which always lends itself to generalizations or at least, hints of generalizations. <BR/><BR/>It is about motives. You can be on a label and be famous and love what you are doing and doing it because you love it. <BR/><BR/>Stephen King, a great example of just that. He says, "write cause you love it, not to get published."<BR/><BR/>I say, if your motive is money, -no matter how much you say it isn't you must, must, must know for sure whether it is or not- you should stop and do something else. You are on the road to bitterness. Now, eventually, what you love might pay you handsomely, and that is an overflow and nothin' wrong with that. But a Christian should believe that God will take care of you regardless, and all you have to do is show up and obey.Seth Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027729307468958273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23306308.post-84429186372276125402008-01-23T07:32:00.000-08:002008-01-23T07:32:00.000-08:00I certainly think there is a lot of truth in what ...I certainly think there is a lot of truth in what you're saying.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I'm growing crotchety and old, or just spending too much time in my Bible, actually starting to believe what I read in there... but yeah, I've gotten pretty burned out on the whole pursuit of fame and fortune thing that seems to pervade everything and anything. Everything is about marketing now.<BR/><BR/>But the whole "sell-out" thing can be sort of tricky. I've known of plenty of artists who started out doing excellent art truly for the love of it, but then got noticed. Usually it's first by a niche crowd, but when some folks in the mainstream start to sit up and take notice, soon the masses start flocking to a "new and different" thing, and are shocked and amazed and delighted by it. Then the sincerest form of flattery (imitation) follows right behind that, and by the time the commercial world has wrung every bit of joy out of the thing, it's left broken in some dark alley on the scrap-heap.<BR/><BR/>I'm not so sure there's some sort of inherent nobility in being relatively obscure and doing your art for just a few appreciative people. People have to eat, right? What you're really addressing here is motive, and love of your work.<BR/><BR/>Don't you suppose there are some people who are famous and widely recognized, but who are still doing their thing out of pure joy, for love of their craft?Chaotic Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713799579650424883noreply@blogger.com