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

Re: From BD

[sen-no-ongaku.livejournal.com]

I agree.

Another important distinction is that the criteria for quality are fairly clear in most professions. Whereas there cannot be common criteria for quality in the arts, as they change from person to person.