First of all, you didn't have a grumblebitchmoan tag at the beginning of the rant, so it totally doesn't display right. (And I tried it on Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera and an Etch-a-sketch.)
Second - dude. I feel your pain. People, for whatever reason, don't think of art as work. No matter how many times you point them to The Agony and the Ecstasy, all they can say is "Well, it's not like you're doing the Sistine Chapel for me, right?"
Third - they think it's easy because you're talented. More so than they. And for them, the concept of "more talented" hasn't advanced past the idea of a faster kid beating them in the 50 yard dash in gym class. They equate talent with efficiency, which is pretty effing stupid when you examine it for a moment.
Anyway, buck up camper. These are your benefactors, your clients, so you put up with them. So long as the money (or the project) makes it worthwhile. Happy New Year!
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Date: 2010-01-06 04:46 am (UTC)Second - dude. I feel your pain. People, for whatever reason, don't think of art as work. No matter how many times you point them to The Agony and the Ecstasy, all they can say is "Well, it's not like you're doing the Sistine Chapel for me, right?"
Third - they think it's easy because you're talented. More so than they. And for them, the concept of "more talented" hasn't advanced past the idea of a faster kid beating them in the 50 yard dash in gym class. They equate talent with efficiency, which is pretty effing stupid when you examine it for a moment.
Anyway, buck up camper. These are your benefactors, your clients, so you put up with them. So long as the money (or the project) makes it worthwhile.
Happy New Year!