Congratulations on your engagement Julia! I loved reading this - you are chewing through many of the same ideas around sharing publicly as me. I would add: I am thinking about what it means to share publicly as an artist/writer versus as a content creator... the former being who I am, the latter being who the internet makes me. I don't know if that translates, but thought I'd share.
Thanks Charlie! I totally get what you're saying. I often think that the pace of social media is incongruous with the pace of creating art - at least creating art for art's sake, as opposed to pleasing the masses by churning out as much content as possible. I wonder where the happy medium might be for artists. Obviously social media helps artist's receive an income, but I can't imagine it feels very sustainable or genuine some days. What do you think?
I agree, and think the major issue is one of distraction (at least for me) - of course, social media is a route to income but equally what income could be generated from projects that never make it into existence because of the time spent distracted making content for social media? For me personally it comes down to being intentional and honest with myself about what social media platforms distract little enough to be worth my time (that is, if we are really truly talking about art for the sake of making art and not wanting to make as much money as possible).
Congratulations on your engagement Julia! I loved reading this - you are chewing through many of the same ideas around sharing publicly as me. I would add: I am thinking about what it means to share publicly as an artist/writer versus as a content creator... the former being who I am, the latter being who the internet makes me. I don't know if that translates, but thought I'd share.
Thanks Charlie! I totally get what you're saying. I often think that the pace of social media is incongruous with the pace of creating art - at least creating art for art's sake, as opposed to pleasing the masses by churning out as much content as possible. I wonder where the happy medium might be for artists. Obviously social media helps artist's receive an income, but I can't imagine it feels very sustainable or genuine some days. What do you think?
I agree, and think the major issue is one of distraction (at least for me) - of course, social media is a route to income but equally what income could be generated from projects that never make it into existence because of the time spent distracted making content for social media? For me personally it comes down to being intentional and honest with myself about what social media platforms distract little enough to be worth my time (that is, if we are really truly talking about art for the sake of making art and not wanting to make as much money as possible).