YES. Thank you for making creativity less dire. I was surprised in reading Rick Rubin’s book that he encouraged a day job so you can be free to express yourself creatively apart from the levers of capitalism.
I'm very amused that my "Why don't we let it be fun?" post shows up right under your comment about making creativity less dire. I think maybe there's a theme here somewhere...😉
The day job idea is an interesting one, isn't it? It echoes what i heard from my parents when I was a kid--that you wanted to do your creative stuff as an avocation rather than a job. On one hand, that's a wise approach, since you'll always (in theory, anyway) be covered financially and your creativity doesn't become an obligation. On the other, it does help devalue our creative call, and if that day job is just perfunctory or otherwise doesn't suit you, you may be too drained to do anything else. Finding the balance between the two is tough.
That's exactly it: finding the balance between the two is tough. Easy for Rick Rubin to say you don't need to make it your job, when it's been his whole, very lucrative job for decades. 😉
YES. Thank you for making creativity less dire. I was surprised in reading Rick Rubin’s book that he encouraged a day job so you can be free to express yourself creatively apart from the levers of capitalism.
I'm very amused that my "Why don't we let it be fun?" post shows up right under your comment about making creativity less dire. I think maybe there's a theme here somewhere...😉
The day job idea is an interesting one, isn't it? It echoes what i heard from my parents when I was a kid--that you wanted to do your creative stuff as an avocation rather than a job. On one hand, that's a wise approach, since you'll always (in theory, anyway) be covered financially and your creativity doesn't become an obligation. On the other, it does help devalue our creative call, and if that day job is just perfunctory or otherwise doesn't suit you, you may be too drained to do anything else. Finding the balance between the two is tough.
That's exactly it: finding the balance between the two is tough. Easy for Rick Rubin to say you don't need to make it your job, when it's been his whole, very lucrative job for decades. 😉
His, and pretty much everyone he's ever worked with!
True!