I think a life in Art is excellent and it is good to have 2 foci:
.the expression of art in pure form
.the expression of skill in a way that dovetails with society/occupation and good reward
This does not mean that one becomes a can of Coke.
These two foci are not oppositional especially if approached with open mind and at bright fresh age.
The world is always changing.
The book 'Artist of the Floating World' by Kazuo Ishiguro is well worth reading.
I will send you a copy when you are in Brisbane and I have an address for you. Kazuo is the best living writer of the English Language and the simplicity is remarkable.
His other books are very hard.
"Artist..." is how the world is always changing and with it changes values and meanings etc.
The artist is the 'awareness' of the changes.
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