dannnex

Art is frustrating

One of my core philosophies that I try to live by is that "Art has intrinsic value". Which sounds obvious until you notice that art is nearly exclusively valued proportionally to the amount of attention it receives. The idea that "Art seen only by the artist is just as valuable as art seen by millions" is really rather idealistic. But that's okay because it's my ideal. Ideals are allowed to be idealistic aren't they?

The hard part is staying true to that ideal. Finding the motivation to create when you know nobody else is going to appreciate it is so difficult. The idea that "value = attention" is so corruptly ingrained into me (and probably you all too) that making art exclusively for myself feels like a waste. But it isn't. At least that's what I try to convince myself every day.