Funny, I feel the exact same way about doing art for a living. People seem to think that because it's "just art" and not a "real job" I can drop everything and run about wildly. I even got this from my studio mates (before they were all relegated to being my "clients") to the tune of "WELL I HAVE A DAY JOB I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ART". Um, hey, art IS my fucking day job, thank you very much. It's how I pay the bills. Does that make it less important or less valid than the way you pay the bills?
Working at home, whether you're making art or raising a family, or fucking forbid, BOTH, is stigmatized in our society. America is so funny, we have such a love/hate relationship with authority. No one wants to pay their taxes or their parking tickets, but someone sees someone else living and working without a "boss" and a "time clock" they must be some kind of dangerous social misfit or bonbon eating soap watching hausfrau.
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Date: 2004-12-21 08:50 pm (UTC)Working at home, whether you're making art or raising a family, or fucking forbid, BOTH, is stigmatized in our society. America is so funny, we have such a love/hate relationship with authority. No one wants to pay their taxes or their parking tickets, but someone sees someone else living and working without a "boss" and a "time clock" they must be some kind of dangerous social misfit or bonbon eating soap watching hausfrau.