Consistency in Doing Your Art is Deeply Satisfying

I love how it feels to consistently reach “the end”.

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While everyone — and I mean everyone — is a creator in one form or another, not everyone is an artist.

There are a wide range of arts to consider. Fiber arts, music, dance, painting, sculpture, writing, cake creation and decoration, and so much more.

Artists, in my experience, tend to come in 4 varieties: wannabes, amateurs, hacks, and pros.

Pros intentionally make money from their art. It may or may not be their full-time gig, but they create with the intent to sell what they make. Pros love the art they do and strive to do it regularly.

Amateurs might or might not make money from their art. It’s not a full-time gig, and they might create just for the sake of creating and any joy that it brings them. Amateurs love the art they do and strive to do it regularly.

Hacks care only about the money they can make from their art. They pander to their audience, such as writing what they think will sell rather than what they’re passionate about. This is where bad actors will likely come from who might abuse generative AI. Hacks don’t love their art, they care only about money they can make from it.