In Phoenix the two Ballet companies have full time staff dedicated to applying to one endowment, grant, or another. Without that capital they could not survive. That may be the same for poets and other writers, the funds that make your work possible and true to your nature also insulate you from the commercial which might allow self sufficiency at the cost of "true art." The Phoenix Symphony also competed for the same grants, but has found it better, at least in these economic times, to shift programming to a more "Pops" format that actually brings in more than the few "Blue Hairs" which love (and fund) the Classics but are disappearing by natural attrition. My full time job allows me to play with my animations, but wife and children also require slices of that time. I think there is no good answer. Be Well.
I went and (I'm sure) spoke out of turn with the pen of a laymen. But comments do not seem to be real big on Blogspot, so mine will have the opportunity to stick out as a sore thumb. However, thanks for the link. Be Well.
I have experienced conflict between academic writing profs and my writing style as a creative writer. Even though I think some "writing rules" cross these boundaries, I have had to argue over paper and clas grades.
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In Phoenix the two Ballet companies have full time staff dedicated to applying to one endowment, grant, or another. Without that capital they could not survive. That may be the same for poets and other writers, the funds that make your work possible and true to your nature also insulate you from the commercial which might allow self sufficiency at the cost of "true art."
The Phoenix Symphony also competed for the same grants, but has found it better, at least in these economic times, to shift programming to a more "Pops" format that actually brings in more than the few "Blue Hairs" which love (and fund) the Classics but are disappearing by natural attrition.
My full time job allows me to play with my animations, but wife and children also require slices of that time. I think there is no good answer.
Be Well.
I like your answer. If you click on the text of this post you can read the whole post over at Dream of the Unified Media.
I went and (I'm sure) spoke out of turn with the pen of a laymen. But comments do not seem to be real big on Blogspot, so mine will have the opportunity to stick out as a sore thumb. However, thanks for the link.
Be Well.
I have experienced conflict between academic writing profs and my writing style as a creative writer. Even though I think some "writing rules" cross these boundaries, I have had to argue over paper and clas grades.
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