The people who make their entire living in the arts, doing what they love, “following their bliss”\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those are the exception. Not the rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vast majority struggle like crazy to achieve obscurity, taking whatever they can to keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have never heard the most beautiful music. You have never seen the most sublime painting, read the greatest novel, seen the most riveting performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those are all trapped inside the person who took your drink order. The person who delivered your package. The person who cleaned the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They withered while basic survival sucked that creative energy away. They stagnated while rent was paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And they eventually died in the ones who just couldn’t take hearing “No” another time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The exception is not the rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-the-arts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t