Let's see if this gets any play...

[sen_no_ongaku]

Proposal: Art should be created without the expectation of material compensation.

True or false?

Commonplace attitude or not?



[EDIT: This is not intended to imply that something created for with such an expectation cannot be art, though I may propose that sometime later.]

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[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

Another thought...

Perhaps it would fair to say, then, that damage is done to the quality of an artist's work when he/she feels pressured to produce for monetary gain; when finishing a piece of art starts to take precedence over its inherent artistic worth...whatever that means...