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12 years ago
So, I've been thinking a little. It has to do with popularity, and has no doubt been said before. I'm just saying it now so you can read it and be reminded.
Straight to the point: visual artists get a lot of attention. Pictures are easily understood and don't require a massive amount of time to view and appreciate. It's quick, easy, and on to the next wonderful masterpiece.
Writers... not so much. That investment is a larger amount of time, sometimes days. Even then, words aren't nearly as easily understood as pictures are and it can take many reads to truly understand a piece, and the words aren't always entertaining enough to warrant a second read.
Musicians, good luck. I've had the pleasure of taking music in highschool for four years, so here is the most important thing I've learned in that time: complicated music isn't popular, popular music isn't complex. There are almost no exceptions to this rule. Music requires an almost irritating amount of dedications and effort to truly understand. That consists of either hundreds or even thousands of listens, or a few weeks (or months) of fairly intensive training.
Basically, I'm saying that writing and music often isn't worth the effort unless someone is sure the piece will actually be good because it takes so much effort to really appreciate it. So it takes a hell of a lot more skill and tact for a writer or musician to become popular than it does for a visual artist.
Uhm... before you flip the hell out at me for calling art simple you need to consider this: I'm not a visual person. I don't draw or do anything related that delights the physical eye. I sort of see visual arts as the simplest art form because, while it takes a heck of a lot of effort, I don't see it as complex because I don't understand the visual arts and rather enjoy my ignorance.
Please don't rage at me for saying that :'( I'm just a writer/musician, have mercy! I'm just restating the observation that it's hard to have lots of people read my stuff because it takes so much more effort to read a story than it does to look at a picture >_<
Straight to the point: visual artists get a lot of attention. Pictures are easily understood and don't require a massive amount of time to view and appreciate. It's quick, easy, and on to the next wonderful masterpiece.
Writers... not so much. That investment is a larger amount of time, sometimes days. Even then, words aren't nearly as easily understood as pictures are and it can take many reads to truly understand a piece, and the words aren't always entertaining enough to warrant a second read.
Musicians, good luck. I've had the pleasure of taking music in highschool for four years, so here is the most important thing I've learned in that time: complicated music isn't popular, popular music isn't complex. There are almost no exceptions to this rule. Music requires an almost irritating amount of dedications and effort to truly understand. That consists of either hundreds or even thousands of listens, or a few weeks (or months) of fairly intensive training.
Basically, I'm saying that writing and music often isn't worth the effort unless someone is sure the piece will actually be good because it takes so much effort to really appreciate it. So it takes a hell of a lot more skill and tact for a writer or musician to become popular than it does for a visual artist.
Uhm... before you flip the hell out at me for calling art simple you need to consider this: I'm not a visual person. I don't draw or do anything related that delights the physical eye. I sort of see visual arts as the simplest art form because, while it takes a heck of a lot of effort, I don't see it as complex because I don't understand the visual arts and rather enjoy my ignorance.
Please don't rage at me for saying that :'( I'm just a writer/musician, have mercy! I'm just restating the observation that it's hard to have lots of people read my stuff because it takes so much more effort to read a story than it does to look at a picture >_<
Corvus32346
~corvus32346
I know how you feel. Perhaps I shall look at your gallery. You're free to look at mine if you wish, but there's not much there. Good luck in the realm of literature!
