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.]

Comments

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

Is a great song made somehow less great when featured in an ad?
No! Writing a song to use it in an ad make it less worthy, but having it picked up later - recognized for what it is - does not. The best art affects us on as many levels as possible, so it's inevitable that some of it will be adopted by the masses, including via commercials. The problem is art that aims only for surface appeal.