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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I'm in favour of a limited and highly rationalised funding of the arts but I absolutely agree with you about much of the art world's sheer level of expectancy when it comes to receiving such funding. I know a number of people who occupy the title of 'artist' but who spend considerably more time securing grants than they do actually creating something in the studio. And the tantrums I've witnessed when one of their claims has been rejected are quite unbelievable. A lot of these people really do need to be asked a very straightforward question: what exactly is it that you do?
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but the trouble with limited funding is that it is always going to be a matter of personal opinion what is worth spending money on so it won't ever be that rational, except to the person making the decisions.
anyway, it sounds like the "artists" you're talking about totally lack integrity, what's the difference between them and people who live off benefits rather than work?