Any one lost interest in creating since the big internet boom, i still lovvvveeeee to paint like crazy, but any ambition of actually making something out of it i.e professionally has gone out of the window

"Creating art is soul-building work; making money is an ego-building art"
~~carefulcarpenter

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"Tell me what you see; and I'll know where you are"
~~cc

I gave love; you gave me a thistle;
We shared tenderness; then you ran away;
I planted a rose; and you blossomed;
I had fresh hopes; tho' winter froze them solid

You always post something beautiful.


However I would like it if you came with a manual because I haven't once understood a thing you have written.

Still beautiful though.

and professionally I mean to be known, not exactly rich.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and you, kasmin, behold beauty. Art and soul is not to be understood directly, so no manual can effectively be written. If you know too much about something aesthetic is looses its mystery; and mystery is what art is alluding to.

I turned down fame because it meant I would be expected to serve the wrong master. At my age I can make a living serving the hidden wants in my customers and still derive great pleasure from my creative carpentry talents. Follow your dream if no more than as a second endeavor after your day job.



"The money, the gold, is seldom given
To a soul too honest or a heart too driven;

But simple treasures of life may accumulate awhile
They're revealed by your spirit, it shows in your smile"
~~carefulcarpenter

__________________
"Tell me what you see; and I'll know where you are"
~~cc

I gave love; you gave me a thistle;
We shared tenderness; then you ran away;
I planted a rose; and you blossomed;
I had fresh hopes; tho' winter froze them solid

I wish Sophia would just 'follow my dream' and die.