AbrianelJan 5, 2023
Jcmacomber

Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Book: A Man Without a country

#quote #art #life

Jan 4, 2023 at 6:04pmWeb
Show threadLaurenJan 4, 2023
@jcmacomber
Yes🙌
Show threadJocelyn SordoniJan 4, 2023
I'm glad he mentioned lousy poetry... @jcmacomber
Show threadZeNeece 🦄🏎️Jan 5, 2023
@jcmacomber Kurt Vonnegut was amazing. And this is SO true.
Show threadNona RoseJan 5, 2023
@jcmacomber the trouble with art (and I say this as a poet and photographer) is that it is deeply under-appreciated. You should only do art for yourself, for how it makes you feel, and not for any extrinsic reward (even praise) because for most of us it is non-existent.
Show threadJcmacomberJan 5, 2023
@nona80_swanette
Unfortunately what you say is true.
Show threadFree Software 4 ClimateJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber remember that also coding is an art, if you need to code, do it thinking about the future, comments and ma pages are good things :)
Show threadJcmacomberJan 8, 2023
@fs4c
Would agree
Show threadFree Software 4 ClimateJan 9, 2023

@jcmacomber I wrote ma, but I meant man meaning manual pages.

I love free software, thanks to free license I evolved, I just have a language high school diploma, but thanks to the GNU project, I learnt a lot of new skills

I am an artist, and I see code as a tool, it has to be free, manipulating the source code is something like taking a bit of clay and transform it in something useful.

Free software, free society.

Thanks for reading.

Show threadFree Software 4 ClimateJan 9, 2023
@jcmacomber and I agree with your profile, be kind, if you need to say something make it sweet, you might have to eat it back in the future :)
Show threadAndyJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber
Or....
Do compulsory mathematics
©Rishi Sunak
Show threadDgarJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber I try..
Show threadJcmacomberJan 8, 2023
@dgar
That's all we can do
Show threadCathode Ray TubeJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber I was reflecting on this only yesterday. When I told someone I was a writer (stop laughing at the back) I immediately qualified that with, ‘no, I don’t make a living from it. I just enjoy doing it.’
Show threadJcmacomberJan 8, 2023
@cathoderaytube
It is a good quote.
Keep on creating.
Show threadedpearlJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber And yet, there are more full time artists in America than doctors or lawyers and they make more than the median income.
Show threadJcmacomberJan 8, 2023
@edpearl
I do so hope this is true.
Show threadedpearlJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber Plus, you can live without a doctor, and especially a lawyer, for a long time, but we can't get by without the work of an artist for 5 minutes.
Show threadWOIDJan 8, 2023
@jcmacomber Hitler was rejected from the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna, so... yes, definitely, Adolf.
Show threadIza Running AgainJan 15, 2023

@jcmacomber

I love the letter that Kurt Vonnegut wrote. I wish the world would make it easier for people to explore creative arts to let them examine the world and their own selves.

Show threadJcmacomberJan 16, 2023
@IzabelaKaramia
I wish the same. Can you imagine to be a painter, sculpter, photographer, potter, as just another profession that one would go into. That these were encouraged and well payed.
Show threadGATEKEEPERJan 15, 2023
@jcmacomber
One group of people in this country, are trying their best to stiffel selfexpression.
Show threadJcmacomberJan 16, 2023
@GatekeepKen
Yes true, in many venues.
Show threadJon SparksJan 28, 2023
@jcmacomber more or less any quote from #Vonnegut is worth sharing.
Show threadJcmacomberJan 29, 2023
@JonSparks
True