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Artists have always been good, they improve the culture of humanity and of the people that chose to see their art. However, I have seen several problems with them nowadays.

Lets begin with a simple fact, an artist won't get recognized that easily, in fact, you are either Da Vinci or no one.

There are people who don't have any kind of skill but most are in the middle and are great at what they do. But no one will look at your work if they don't know you previously, but how will they know you if you just began?

We can picture what I am saying with, for example, brony musicians. I've seen some who have made a song, posted a pony image for background and there you go: "brony song"

Why? To generate views of course. Being standalone wouldn't help them so they just decided to make their "art" based on the fandom so that more people would be interested in their work.

Another problem with brony musicians presicely, I've seen a lot of "being proud for being a brony" or "we are the best" kind of songs. I suppose its either an answer to haters or (though I doubt it) to help these people ashamed of being part of us. If its the former I have a problem with it, because those songs while catchy most of the time are bad and the fact that we don't have to counterattack haters. 

Our situation isn't (or was, I think society has accepted us at some level) like with gay and black people who have homophobes and racists respectively who are literally attacking them, we only have (or had, I don't know) a couple of minor idiots who are just saying that we're weird or bad or whatever, they ain't attacking us. I don't think we have the right to do those kinds of songs since we don't have real problems which threaten our existence.

If its the latter then they have a point.

Another problem, quality.

With social media and internet giving space for everyone to post their talent some people have aquired a way of letting themselves know more or less, this is a double edge though, since it makes untalented people also able to post their work.

FiMfiction is proof. I may even be part of the problem I am depicting. 

Many stories are good, you can't expect them to be as good as a writer like Tolkien but they are still very good. Many more are bad and awful to read. (There was a brony who dedicated to read bad stories lol)

Making it easier to show your talent has filled the internet with trash is the point.

I was just speaking my mind about artists nowadays, nothing special. I feel empty in a way though, about this.

End of the blog.

You can go away now, or leave a comment if you so want.

The main topic is over, that's all folks.

Why are you even reading at this point? 

I don't want to waste your time any further so I will just stop...

Here.

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Art is almost too subjective for what it is. Stuff that looks like paint splatter or heck, even a BANANA ON A WALL, is considered “real art” and sold for tons of money but other things that people work too hard on are barely recognized or considered trash, either by the artist themselves or their audience. It’s why I don’t like art classes cause they expect you to do art just like somebody famous and don’t understand that you’re supposed to have your own style.

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I believe having a unique style is the best way to make it as an artist these days. Having a message helps, too. :) And in the end, it's subjective – there's some highly-appreciated art that looks like a child's scribbles to me, but it does appear to have value to many others. :coco:

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The problem is just it's hard to get attention, because there is uploaded at least one new picture every single second! I tried this too and in the first moments after uploading it, I got some views an favs. But after that, it's plain silent. Until I upload something else again. Everyone wants attention. It's the same with other things as well, like YouTube or as a muscian.

Time is also a huge problem. Many people are already part of the things they like and there is no more room for something else. Or not much. It is just how it is, there is nothing we can do about it. Some people become really famous, others not.

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