No, art is definitely less necessary than eating. Art doesn’t help much if you’re starving to death.
And yeah, poor people can make art. In fact, I don’t think you can be too poor to do art. You can be too poor to eat.
As long as there are people starving, there’s not enough money for food and therefore far from enough money for art (which is supposed to be free anyway, as is food indeed).
Art doesn’t help much if you’re starving to death.
And being well-fed doesn’t help much if you’re contemplating suicide because your life has no joy in it. And art is not the only source of joy, but it is one of them (and one of the most common).
No, art is definitely less necessary than eating. Art doesn’t help much if you’re starving to death.
And yeah, poor people can make art. In fact, I don’t think you can be too poor to do art. You can be too poor to eat.
As long as there are people starving, there’s not enough money for food and therefore far from enough money for art (which is supposed to be free anyway, as is food indeed).
And being well-fed doesn’t help much if you’re contemplating suicide because your life has no joy in it. And art is not the only source of joy, but it is one of them (and one of the most common).
Anorexics in shambles after reading this
I’ll assume you have no actual rebuttal than, shall I?
You missed what I said apparently?
If being depressed made people stop needing food, how would anorexia work? Are they just faking it?
Show me where you think I said this.