Art and Success
Well, I am German.
In Germany, it is a fact, that the most Artist can not live from their Art. Maybe less than 20 percent of the Students can make it, but the most of them have grants, fundings or other fellowships. I myself know nobody who can live permenantly from his Art, and is succesfull over years. We had a lot of troubles here in Germany. Corona, Inflation, high rents and things like that. People do not have the money for Art.
People like me, who never studiet in their whole live (i even never had red a book over Art, or watched any videos or something like that) who are just members of the working class (I am just a simple heating mechanic) and doing their Art more or less like a hobby, are absoluteley invisible here. If you have not studiet, you are not an artist in Germany. Or you have a great success and earn a lot of money with it. But that are just one or two percent of all.
Well, I think I continue my Artworks, but I am not so naive to think, I will ever be successfull with it. I just draw. Thats all. Maybe I am not an Artist, but who cares about it? And I tried a lot. 🤷♂️
My 50 cent for that.