I’m sorry ma’am, but those words are harsh, but they are the truth (my father used to say that the truth is hard as stone, cold as ice and ugly as sin)
The options are: fit the creativity to a practical job (e.g. ad copy), make creativity part time while working a regular job, Or totally abandon it. I don’t like that third option. My dad did very well with option 1: starting as a commercial artist (concept drawing, illustrating military manuals, layouts for advertising); it got him into marketing which got him up to the executive level.
Creative people think outside of the box and should be content to live there, too. Don’t measure your success by others’ standards, which can be skewered to manipulate you and encroach on your passions. As long as you have the basics and integrity, you’re successful.
Yakety Sax 18 days ago
She grabbed her skillet!
John Lustig (Last Kiss) creator 18 days ago
So sad. Especially because it’s so true.
Black76Manta 18 days ago
I’m sorry ma’am, but those words are harsh, but they are the truth (my father used to say that the truth is hard as stone, cold as ice and ugly as sin)
P51Strega 18 days ago
The options are: fit the creativity to a practical job (e.g. ad copy), make creativity part time while working a regular job, Or totally abandon it. I don’t like that third option. My dad did very well with option 1: starting as a commercial artist (concept drawing, illustrating military manuals, layouts for advertising); it got him into marketing which got him up to the executive level.
nancyb creator 18 days ago
My parents encouraged me to be a creative artist, but I took typing and shorthand in college to have something to fall back on when jobs were scarce.
Aladar30 Premium Member 18 days ago
Go mom! Hit the narrator with the skillet! They deserve it!!!
Comics fan Premium Member 18 days ago
Or maybe Mom could change her definition of “best future.”
Mario500 18 days ago
(senses a disembodied cause for anger (with a physical way of tempering it (holding a skillet)) in this cartoon)
Bruce1253 18 days ago
Even the most successful creatives have gone through rough patches, look at Thoreau or van Gogh.
dtdbiz 17 days ago
Creative people think outside of the box and should be content to live there, too. Don’t measure your success by others’ standards, which can be skewered to manipulate you and encroach on your passions. As long as you have the basics and integrity, you’re successful.
the lost wizard 17 days ago
Starving artist sounds romantic 600 years after you’re dead. :)
darcyandsimon 17 days ago
Interesting that that wasn’t HER idea…
Buoy 17 days ago
If you measure success by the same stick that oppresses you, how successful are you?
ars731 17 days ago
This is why no one likes you Narrator
Fluffy_and_Mervin 17 days ago
She looks like she’s about to show that narrator a new way to use a frying pan.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 17 days ago
Being a mom is difficult. Hang in there Andy’s mom.
melodymucisa 15 days ago
NO!