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Lazy Artists and Their Excuses
17 years ago
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((this was also posted to LJ))
Artists aren't good liars.
Example:
Lying about overabundant workloads when production remains halted. When an artist is resented with a social situation (i.e. "hey, do you want to come over and hang out?") (reply: "Oh no, I've got tons of work to do. I'm swamped. Gotta get this stuff done.)
It's plainly obvious they are lying. Until now, the fact of the fabrication has been unable to be proven without legitimate evidence.
Recently I have had the epiphany, its all in presentation.
If an artist is in a slump of poor productivity, their minds are burdened with obligations which will continue to go unhonored out of human laziness. When presented with the above situation of social interaction, which often might require them to come out of the lazy comfort zone they have been enjoying for so long, they will present their burdening abundance of projects as an excuse to avoid this situation. They will make it sound depressing, like the whole world is against them.
How, can they ever be expected to complete these monumental tasks when inconsiderate degenerates such as yourself pester them with tempting offers of "hanging out". Don't you have ANY idea how busy they are? Your insipid desires to spend time together pale in comparison to the groundbreaking work they are secretly not doing!
When an artist is lying about having to do their commissions, they will make said commissions sound like a terrible burden. Not only will it excuse them from any other obligations, it will make you feel sorry for them. Said artist remains lazy and still manages to fool people into thinking they are the busy bee of high end productivity they imagine themselves to be. The pedestal of accomplishment is so much easier to reach the top of when its in their imagination.
Honesty is also very easy to discern because of the natural way it is presented.
If an artist has a huge workload, and has genuinely been productive in getting assignments done, they can't help feel happy for themselves and the progress they've made. If a productive artist is presented with the above situation, they usually tend to be a little less reluctant to dismiss a social interaction, however this is very dependent on the person. If in fact the artist feels a higher obligation to work rather than spend time with a friend they will certainly not sound depressed when expressing all the things they have done and have to do. The depressing focus points towards the shortcoming social meeting, rather than the projects of the artist.
As an artist, you feel great when work is done. When you've been productive it makes you want to share it, the primary method being visually but you won't hesitate to tell someone about something you accomplished, this is once again simple human nature.
When a genuinely productive artist is presented with the situation above and chooses work over the social interaction, the answer is still the same as the unproductive artist, but the presentation is very much different:
(i.e. "hey, do you want to come over and hang out?") (reply: actually, I'm in the middle of some projects. I've been getting a lot of stuff done and I'm on a roll. I'm just going to ride it out and do some more work.) Their reply is much more positive because they truly have done something to be proud about, and are eager to express these positive sensations as well as a desire to get more done.
Synopsis:
There are two traits which will be a dead give away to know when someone is lying or telling the truth about productive obligations in general.
- unproductive people have nothing to be proud of and will make things sound so much worse than they are.
- unproductive people often have nothing to show, anywhere, no matter how hard you look. "Oh your so busy, where the hell is everything you've been doing?"
- productive people have a lot to feel good about and will express things in a much more positive light.
- productive people often have a vast display of work either in their own gallery, or peppered through the galleries of others. Their work perpetually gets out there for all to see if you know where to look.
I am very guilty of this method of lying so these are based of personal experience of the exact same nature. I was able to look back on and realize a repetitive formula in not only myself, but several other artists whom I know.
Everyone reading this, artists especially... I can read you all like a "CAUTION" sign, I know when you are lying to me about your obligations and I silently grow grotesquely disappointed in you as a result.
Artists aren't good liars.
Example:
Lying about overabundant workloads when production remains halted. When an artist is resented with a social situation (i.e. "hey, do you want to come over and hang out?") (reply: "Oh no, I've got tons of work to do. I'm swamped. Gotta get this stuff done.)
It's plainly obvious they are lying. Until now, the fact of the fabrication has been unable to be proven without legitimate evidence.
Recently I have had the epiphany, its all in presentation.
If an artist is in a slump of poor productivity, their minds are burdened with obligations which will continue to go unhonored out of human laziness. When presented with the above situation of social interaction, which often might require them to come out of the lazy comfort zone they have been enjoying for so long, they will present their burdening abundance of projects as an excuse to avoid this situation. They will make it sound depressing, like the whole world is against them.
How, can they ever be expected to complete these monumental tasks when inconsiderate degenerates such as yourself pester them with tempting offers of "hanging out". Don't you have ANY idea how busy they are? Your insipid desires to spend time together pale in comparison to the groundbreaking work they are secretly not doing!
When an artist is lying about having to do their commissions, they will make said commissions sound like a terrible burden. Not only will it excuse them from any other obligations, it will make you feel sorry for them. Said artist remains lazy and still manages to fool people into thinking they are the busy bee of high end productivity they imagine themselves to be. The pedestal of accomplishment is so much easier to reach the top of when its in their imagination.
Honesty is also very easy to discern because of the natural way it is presented.
If an artist has a huge workload, and has genuinely been productive in getting assignments done, they can't help feel happy for themselves and the progress they've made. If a productive artist is presented with the above situation, they usually tend to be a little less reluctant to dismiss a social interaction, however this is very dependent on the person. If in fact the artist feels a higher obligation to work rather than spend time with a friend they will certainly not sound depressed when expressing all the things they have done and have to do. The depressing focus points towards the shortcoming social meeting, rather than the projects of the artist.
As an artist, you feel great when work is done. When you've been productive it makes you want to share it, the primary method being visually but you won't hesitate to tell someone about something you accomplished, this is once again simple human nature.
When a genuinely productive artist is presented with the situation above and chooses work over the social interaction, the answer is still the same as the unproductive artist, but the presentation is very much different:
(i.e. "hey, do you want to come over and hang out?") (reply: actually, I'm in the middle of some projects. I've been getting a lot of stuff done and I'm on a roll. I'm just going to ride it out and do some more work.) Their reply is much more positive because they truly have done something to be proud about, and are eager to express these positive sensations as well as a desire to get more done.
Synopsis:
There are two traits which will be a dead give away to know when someone is lying or telling the truth about productive obligations in general.
- unproductive people have nothing to be proud of and will make things sound so much worse than they are.
- unproductive people often have nothing to show, anywhere, no matter how hard you look. "Oh your so busy, where the hell is everything you've been doing?"
- productive people have a lot to feel good about and will express things in a much more positive light.
- productive people often have a vast display of work either in their own gallery, or peppered through the galleries of others. Their work perpetually gets out there for all to see if you know where to look.
I am very guilty of this method of lying so these are based of personal experience of the exact same nature. I was able to look back on and realize a repetitive formula in not only myself, but several other artists whom I know.
Everyone reading this, artists especially... I can read you all like a "CAUTION" sign, I know when you are lying to me about your obligations and I silently grow grotesquely disappointed in you as a result.
;)
I've been very VERY busy in the 3d department though, but you guys don't see that stuff so it doesn't count as productive artwork here.
I deny nothing, hee hee.
THAT pisses me off. Period.
They got what they want, and didn't have to do anything for it. Why should they do your drawing when they already have the moolah and can just negate any guilt of the transaction by avoiding contact with you.
;P
godamnit.