>>33534118
>hoping
Is coping.

Face it, you’re not creative. It’s a rare trait and it’s more of a burden than you can think. I spent hours hunched over a soldering iron to make guitar pedals that never worked, YEARS in destitution, and lost dozens of friends to pursue my art. At no point did I HOPE that I would create, it’s more like an inescapable drive that you’ve either fostered in your youth or something that will emerge when you’re retired to pass the time and be social with other retirees.

I’ll give you a litmus test:
>do you believe that AI will replace artists?

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Ok times up.
What was your answer?
If you said yes, don’t make art. If you said no, don’t make art. If you said who gives a shit I do what I want when I want and the world can suck my dick, then you might have hope. The real answer should have been that you’re too busy working on your art to even be aware of trends.

Read this and if you don’t immediately start making art, you need to stop:

https://ursulapreiss.com/blog/2018/1/6/going-all-the-way-by-charles-bukowski

Don’t try