artists are poor?

Topic on this week is evaluating creativity. At beginning of the lecture, Peter posted a question: why artists are poor. That question makes me think a lot. My major is Visual Art and I’m a transfer student from business. My friends who study business always ask me that why you want to study art? How can you make money to support your future life?

They have these questions because Art and Creativity is incorporeal. It is very hard for people to define or evaluate good or bad, right or wrong. For my perspective, the only evaluations people can say is like or dislike this project because everyone has different perspective to understand art.

I like drawing and painting, sometimes I also thinking what kind of job I can do or can I find a job when I graduate? Should I change a major can give me a stable life? However, later on there is only one thing I want to do is I want study art no matter if the job can make enough money. People cannot live without art. Artists are poor is because people think it is very normal art surround us. Creator and artists bring a lot of fun and benefit to people's life. Music, novels, book, paintings, even the chair people sit, clothes people wear, and the pen people use is came from creator and come from designers. People seems never think about cannot live without invention because these little creation, the influential artists and creator come out. Therefore, for my point, I will support art and also this is the reason why I like study something about art.