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watwuttoday at 7:24 AM1 replyview on HN

Poor people and middle class people produce art. They both work as artists or do art on the side as a hobby. It is not that expensive either.

Expectation that you have portfolio does not strikes me as outrageous either.


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jimnotgymtoday at 10:50 AM

Exactly. A sketchbook and pencils cost next to nothing. But being able to take that and turn it into an oil painting on a giant canvas costs real money.

Writing a few songs on a guitar from Facebook marketplace is cheap. Turning that into a live show is expensive and time consuming.

Writing some Irish language poems on your lunchbreaks is cheap. Doing public readings as an unknown poet is not.

Well done Ireland.

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