Well im in between jobs folks, and im living off small donations i get from people that want me to make some portfolios for their portraits.
im back with my parents whom insist that i survive on my own and buy my own food, transport costs, and pay board.
This i just realised is no fun when your inbetween jobs and cant claim welfare! :P after paying board, im left with 20 dollars spending money per week, 15 of which goes to petrol. So im surviving off 5 dollars of food per week, rice and beans are very popular at the moment :) however my stomach doth protest… i havent eaten anything more than 2 apples, a crapload of coffee and a pack of ciggarettes in the past 3 days.
I do hope the government offers me this admin and data entry position :)
so heres good luck to all artists that manage to survive off their art, you DEFINATLY earn every cent you receive. Grumbling away, chris :)
Damian
Haha! You reminded me of my undergrad days. Working all night behind a bar for $50 cash-in-hand once a week was a motherload!!
Loredana Crupi
Hey Chris…I’ve been on that diet ….coffee and cigarettes!! It’s when I’m at my most creative strangely enough! Hope you get that job. :-)
awoni
Yeah, this sounds familiar: baked beans on toast, toast with butter, beans without toast, toast without beans. A varied diet really…
Christopher Wr...
haha i know how you all feel, but loredana, isnt that diet the best? and awoni, its the best variety ever, 3 kinds of flavour __
Rummond Bébé
cheers! & best of luck to you, too
Rajiv Ashrafi
Good luck to ya!
ZacharyReed
ramen. 10 cents a pack and about 10 differnt flavours. gets me by. somewhat… :|
kittykat
I know how everyone feels, the dream of being free of employers, who dont know or dont care about the drive and desire to express youself . sometimes its more than one can bear. so stay close to people of your own kind.,for inspriation. BE HAPPY
missmilly
A very difficult situation! Just hang in there! It’s horrible living with no money!:(
derekmccrea
Ramen posted by Zachery…I have lived sometimes off of ramen…add some cut up pepperoni or salami to a bowl of ramen…makes it taste awesome.
derekmccrea
I know I could never make a career of my art..I am glad I am not a starving artist and I get the chance to do it when I feel like it for a hobby that makes me happy. If I have a sale good, I will just buy more materials. I do not know how some live off of art as their primary source of income except some that have persoanl galleries and offer classes and “Art Camps” on the side. Wwhich is a great idea, get a job, keep doing art, you will always come back to art, no matter how old you get. One day when you retire at your day job, art will still be there. I wish one day to teach kids art somewhere, someday in a camp plein air setting, not in a classroom, probably on a beach one day and at a mountain the next day.
Lee Wilde
Being poor does make you appreciate everything you have though, doesn’t it?
I remember making spaghetti and sauce…….and there was nothing to put in the sauce apart from onions. So I’m eating it and every time I’d come across a piece of onion I’d think, “Oooooh…onion!!” HAHAH AH AH AH HA HAHAAHAHAHA……..
Seriously, you will get through it. All the most successful people seem to have these tales of early struggles to tell.
AnneRN
YEA – pasta and rice go a long way….sooner or later we all have to find a way to provide for ourselves (and our children) and maintain a creative outlet…balancing act. Be glad you have a place to live and you do not have children to feed…you will be ok. (and stop smoking – its costly in many ways!)
AnneRN
ps – your work is fantastic! top shelf!
DataShine
Know how you feel dude . . . not a good place to be. Best wishes for a speedy return to a financially viable existence. Living with the folks, eh . . . ouch! ;-)
Melinda Kerr
You know we could start a whole thread on how we survive the tough times. There’d certainly be enough experience amongst us all! Two minutes noodles are great. Filling and cheap!