tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post593728019822251375..comments2024-02-28T21:55:28.899-08:00Comments on True Stitches: Do Artists Ever Retire?Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-63274736406472654032014-11-09T22:45:18.140-08:002014-11-09T22:45:18.140-08:00Great post, Heather.
I think about these kinds of...Great post, Heather.<br /><br />I think about these kinds of things a lot - mostly in regard to all the stuff I have collected that has to do with my art making. <br /><br />I also wonder how long my body will allow me to keep on making.<br /><br />Best not to think about these things perhaps, and just get on with it.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Judy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-68510798097823279222014-11-08T17:01:40.730-08:002014-11-08T17:01:40.730-08:00Old Man Crow & I will work til we die, the goo...Old Man Crow & I will work til we die, the good thing is we like it!<br />we garden to pay the rent and put food inthe bellies each week, make art and music to feed our souls, it's a life what else could we do, we're old already!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-17411921256133089472014-11-06T17:55:08.367-08:002014-11-06T17:55:08.367-08:00I know the finances of most artists in Canada, and...I know the finances of most artists in Canada, and many other countries, is very meager. Living on a budget ALL the time is the norm. There aren't many ways for artists to put aside some savings away for the later years. The one advantage, as you say, is that most artists have already picked up amazing life skills in being resourceful. They know how to stretch a dollar to its utmost length long before most other people. I would suggest though, that artists aren't the only group with worries about retirement. The entire social contract between business/government and the citizen is being re-written. Company pension plans have largely vanished, government continues to wiggle out of supporting us in our older years by raising the retirement age and reducing aid to pharmacare (in Canada) etc.... Many, many other groups of workers will be joining artists' super-economical lifestyles. On top of that, ridiculously over-priced housing in many of Canada's largest cities isn't helping. Yup, I don't think many of us will be able to afford the traditional idea of retirement very soon. There will always be some with the money to head south to escape the cold winters I suppose but most of us will be all together in the same basket, making stone soup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-37901187099050506362014-11-06T00:14:04.758-08:002014-11-06T00:14:04.758-08:00I don't think real artists even consider stopp...I don't think real artists even consider stopping making work. By real artists I just mean those of us who have made our creative work central, prioritising it regardless of whether we sell it or not.<br /><br />What on earth would I do if I stopped making stuff? Even when I wasn't a visual artist I cooked and knitted and wrote a book and many short stories, had articles published. Creative drive can be expressed in many ways but I don't think it will ever go away, nor would I want it to.<br /><br />The almshouses look nice and I really like the idea of the supportive community, but I suspect I'd prefer the motor home!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066730008932728469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-39322766526484019852014-11-05T14:59:04.872-08:002014-11-05T14:59:04.872-08:00I find myself surrounded by women who jaunt off to...I find myself surrounded by women who jaunt off to Italy or Istanbul for a "nice break", go to the Caribbean for a few months, or to the States quite often to "take a workshop"they blithely suggest expensive restaurants for meetings, mail orders of millions of yards of wool and silk, and look at me like i have a third nostril when i say the word "budget". Few of them have ever really worked a day in their lives (docenting and partial ownership of an art gallery don't count as Real Jobs in my books)---when i win the lottery, i want this http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/28/need-a-castle-you-can-buy-this-one-in-new-brunswick-for-just-700000/ and i will have all my realpeople friends who know the value of a hard earned dollar as guests for anything textile related!arleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036114069539254266noreply@blogger.com