{"id":58960,"date":"2020-10-22T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=58960"},"modified":"2020-10-21T09:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T13:41:16","slug":"qotd-the-needs-of-creative-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/10\/22\/qotd-the-needs-of-creative-people\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: The needs of <em>creative<\/em> people"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; I can&#8217;t help feeling there&#8217;s a message here about supply and demand, dreary things like that. Something to bear in mind when, say, leaving school or choosing your degree course. The glamour of the artistic and literary life is, I fear, beginning to look quite thin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em>The question of where to live on such a low income while trying to write becomes crucial: in the middle of nowhere with cheap rent, or in the city where day jobs help pay for housing? Compromise clouds every decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this simply will not do. You see, creative people, that&#8217;s people like Ms Delaney, must live in locales befitting their <em>importance<\/em>, not their budget. You, taxpayer, come hither. And bring your wallet. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em>The city of Sydney recently tried to address the problem of artists being priced out by introducing six rent-subsidised studio spaces in Darlinghurst. Those chosen get a year-lease and pay reduced rent of $250 a week on a one-bedroom with work studio.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Creative people, being so creative, deserve nothing less than special treatment. I mean, you can&#8217;t expect a creative person to write at any old desk in any old room in any old part of town. What&#8217;s needed is a <em>lifestyle<\/em> at some other sucker&#8217;s expense. And so that garret has to be in a fashionable suburb or somewhere <em>happening<\/em>, where the creative vibrations are at their strongest and genius will surely follow. And that pad of choice has to come <em>before<\/em> the publishing deal and film rights and the swimming pool full of cash. Indeed, it has to materialise before the book itself, or any part thereof. How else can their brilliance <em>flourish<\/em>, as it most surely will, what with all that creativity. Our betters just need a little cake before they eat those damn vegetables. And possibly ice cream. Here&#8217;s some money that other, less glamorous people had to actually <em>earn<\/em>. You fabulous creature, you.<\/p>\n<p>David Thompson, <a href=\"https:\/\/davidthompson.typepad.com\/davidthompson\/2014\/01\/the-humble-among-us.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Humble Among Us&#8221;, <em>David Thompson<\/em><\/a>, 2014-01-21.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; I can&#8217;t help feeling there&#8217;s a message here about supply and demand, dreary things like that. Something to bear in mind when, say, leaving school or choosing your degree course. 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