This is a blog I created just to see if people would look at it with just one entry on it. That was not the case.
Obviously, this is a subject that nobody cares about.
Yet, because I am an artist, it is my business to be up on things and events in the art world.
In other words, it is my job.
I only had two hits, and they were both probably from me, so I figured I might as well write some more entries. As you know, the more popular something is, the more hits you will get. People always look at things because other people are looking.
Few are brave enough to look without a tour guide or an adviser.
To start with, not many people care about art. For most, it is just a big joke that you can't make money at.
That simply is not true.
I've been making money with my art off and on for over twenty-five years.
Anyway...
'The Art World' is a magical, fun place, filled with mystery, and intrigue. It is also somewhat imaginary. I've never been to the Art World, even though I have heard about it a lot.
It is like heaven, but never being able to get there, because it doesn't exist.
I guess one of my favorite stories involving the art world is this guy who worked for twenty years to try and get a show at MOMA with his huge abstract canvasses. He finally achieved his goal, and then there was nothing left to do, so he quit making art.
I guess during all of those years of struggle, he wanted approval from some kind of authority figure.
Then when he saw people looking at his paintings, he figured that nobody really gave a damn anyways, and that an art career was all just an illusion.
Another favorite story in the art world is 'three arts professionals' decided to make up an artist, and write articles about him even though he did not exist.
He actually became a name in the art world until the people revealed that they made him up, because they could, and people fell for it, because they didn't know any better.
People are pretty trusting of authority in this country, but the truth is that everybody is just trying to make a buck.
Anyways...
It makes me think how a lot of art is like your parents putting your art up on the refrigerator so everyone else in the family can see it.
My parents never did that, but I would have liked for them to take notice about something I had drawn, and posted it up, so they could show that they were proud of me.
That never happened.
Sometimes, all I have to do on a blog is just write a bunch of entries that aren't even that good, and then I get hits.
I do try, sometimes, to write something good once in a while, so that anybody who reads my stuff, will possibly come back. I don't want to waste people's time. I hate going to a blog, and it completely sucks. I have had that happen so many times that I have stopped looking at other people's blogs entirely. I would rather read a well-written book. I get more out of that then reading about somebody's personal crap.
( This entry needs work. I'll do it when I have something more to say. Plus, I need to urinate right now, and I can't think when I have to pee. )
One thing I have learned, though, is I can't write and play online games at the same time. It is one thing or another.
Another thing I've been thinking about a lot is that I am slightly crazy. Oh well, what can I do? Everybody is a little crazy. It is a part of being human.
I've dreamed of being in 'The Art World' for years, but I haven't made it in yet. I'm like a baseball player still trying to make it into the minor leagues, but no one will have me. A pity. It is a crying shame.
However, the art world has been doing fine without me for all of these years. So have The Mormons, but that is another story.
I'll keep trying, though.
I will never give up.
I am sure when I make it in, that it will be really anti-climactic, emotionally, and everything else.
I've had art shows before. Not many people show up, and my sales are often low. Nobody knows who I am is the problem, and why should they? I have thought about this a lot.
Another thing I have thought about is not a lot of people even have money to buy art. That is a perennial problem.
The only way to get around this is to appeal to the tastes of the rich, and that idea bores the 's' out of me.
Anyway, yes, I used to fantasize about being written up in the fancy art magazines. Then I found out that nobody reads that crap anyhow because they are busy watching sports. That is just how America is.
Yeah, why in hell would people in this country care about art? They only care about sports, movies, and cars.
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