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In response to "Subsidizing someone alwyas, directly incentivizes them NOT to become self-sufficient. -- nm" by Dr.Vermin

the question you would need to ask, then, is whether or not it is reasonable to expect Arts organizations to be self-sufficient.

Posted by znufrii Jan 29 '09, 14:39

Creativity necessarily involves taking risks. Requiring a person or group to be self-sufficient disincentivizes them to take those risks, and therefore suppresses creativity.

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Which results in masterbatory art exercises that no one gives a damn about except the artist, b/c they have no incentive to inspire anyone. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 14:46 7
- That art provoked you, and you remember it, so in a way, it did its job :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 14:53
- im going to guess that you haven't been to an art museum recently -- nm - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 29, 14:49 3
  - plenty, and i have a sister in the arts in NYC studying with people who do varying degrees of exactly what i describe. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 14:50 2
    - well, for starters, the stuff people get away with in art school is worlds different than what actually comes our once they're in the real world -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 14:51 1
      - which is kind of the point of any school, really. im sure a lot of shit ideas happen at MIT too. - Guy is so happy to be back in Portland Jan 29, 14:54
- *gives you a $100,000 grant to make human sculptures out of straw* -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 14:47
- "...stur..." -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 14:46
I expect artists to be. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 29, 14:42

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the question you would need to ask, then, is whether or not it is reasonable to expect Arts organizations to be self-sufficient.

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