{"id":847,"date":"2021-11-10T22:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T22:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2021-11-10T22:07:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T22:07:32","slug":"the-world-today-as-seen-through-the-eyes-of-an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"The World Today (as Seen through the Eyes of an Artist)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world, as seen through the eyes of an artist, is an especially bleak one at the moment. \u00a0This era isn&#8217;t one that favors creativity. \u00a0Continually, throughout my life, especially having grown up in the Bible Belt of the U.S&#8230; I have often felt as if artists are treated like we don&#8217;t matter. \u00a0Even when an individual admires something we&#8217;ve created\u2013trying to get that same person to compensate us for our time, effort, and energy is a monumental endeavor. \u00a0<em>Endeavor<\/em>. \u00a0If only we were in a field that offered things which others desperately needed, like healthcare or manufacturing. \u00a0A pill. \u00a0Oil. \u00a0A new building. \u00a0Alas, though we may create something that is wholly unique, in general, people pay more attention to what they are ordering from the local lunch menu. \u00a0Round pegs. \u00a0Square holes. \u00a0Yet I can&#8217;t be anything other than who I am. \u00a0Night turns to day. \u00a0Then night again. \u00a0Years go by. \u00a0And I&#8217;m still here. \u00a0And when I&#8217;m gone, someone will take my work and sell it for more than I ever received in my lifetime. \u00a0Or throw it into the trash. \u00a0That is how I feel today. \u00a0Hopeless. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world, as seen through the eyes of an artist, is an especially bleak one at the moment. \u00a0This era isn&#8217;t one that favors creativity. \u00a0Continually, throughout my life, especially having grown up in the Bible Belt of the U.S&#8230; I have often felt as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}