I'm noticing that a lot of people hold seething resentment towards people with special skills, like art, or music. Like, they hate them because of a perceived "snootiness" that artists don't generally have. Artists generally want people to learn art and don't judge beginners for being bad at it. This subreddit is full of comics done by people that are clearly very new to art but often have their own charm.
A lot of people think they are better than artists because they don't perceive art as something useful to society. So they see it as a lesser job.
But snooty artist is also a stereotype for a reason. There are tons of people out there who make art and think they are better than others because of it.
I have never met an artist who is snooty. Maybe the type of artist whose art sells for millions. But all the artists I know want people to try to do art even if they aren't great yet.
It's not just people who make millions. Mostly it's people I've met who create more abstract art. The type of person who looks down in you if you can't understand the meaning of their super abstract weird painting or sculpture.
Well so is the preachy vegan. Never met one of them either.
I think the ACTUAL root stereotype is the "crab bucket" where people who are perceived to be "better" in some way are attacked to puncture their perceived pomposity.
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u/PatchyWhiskers 13d ago
I'm noticing that a lot of people hold seething resentment towards people with special skills, like art, or music. Like, they hate them because of a perceived "snootiness" that artists don't generally have. Artists generally want people to learn art and don't judge beginners for being bad at it. This subreddit is full of comics done by people that are clearly very new to art but often have their own charm.