At the age of 18 Nicole got her license to do hair in an R.O.P. class at her high school, after graduation she was working hard to support herself and pay for her college tuition. Exhausted and stressed, it occurred to Nicole she was over working herself to go to school to do a job she didn’t want because people told her she needed to get a ‘real job.’ Nicole was a very successful business women and who was able to support herself and her two daughters with her ‘unrealistic job.’ She still loves being a hairstylist and remains to be successful, but what would happen if she listen to those negative people? Society’s disapproval of these particular career are commonly due to the ‘starving artist’ stereotype that is falsely placed upon any person …show more content…
Business Insider journalist, Alyson Shontell states in her article “80% Hate Their Jobs--But Should You Choose a Passion or a Paycheck?”, “80% according to Deloitte’s Shift Index survey--are dissatisfied with their jobs” which leaves a greatly negative impression on their work (Shontell). Hypothetically speaking, if someone didn’t enjoy their job, it is most likely they would not put their full effort and commitment into the work they were doing, therefore leaving it incomplete and poorly executed. If an artist were to work a ‘boring’ desk job, the said artist’s work would not benefit them or their employer because the work would not be at the level of completion needed. The author Curt Rosengren discusses the positive aspects of working a job one loves in his article “How Loving Your Job Helps You Succeed” when he writes “Doing work you love is energizing. It creates a virtuous circle. You do the work and that energizes you, which in turn means that you have more energy to put into doing the work...When bumps, bruises, or roadblocks come in pursuit of something you love, it’s exponentially easier to blow through them than when you are experiencing them in pursuit of something that doesn’t really energize you.” (Rosengren). Rosengren describes the mental state between one person who loves their job and one person who doesn’t and how it affects their work when presented with a difficult challenge at …show more content…
The work of an artist does not simply refer to only pretty paintings, it has a large variety of products that affect society. For example, John Clammer refers to this idea in his paper “Arts and the Art of Sustainability;” Clammer writes “We absorb ourselves in artefacts and production of popular culture and we enjoy and exercise ourselves with dancing and its accompanying musics. In the fact our lives are saturated with the arts, and if we do (as we should) include the ‘crafts’ which no doubt include our daily utensils, furniture and accessories, then there should be no doubt about their cultural role.” (Clammer, 1). Clammer addresses the fact without art, our lives would be entirely different and dull; no music, no dancing, or even the most simple things like furniture. Without artist, there would be nothing to give the beauty of difference and uniqueness to differentiate the difference between one from another. Although, art not only benefits its citizens, but also its economy. The author Cross Cuts from the New York Times writes in his article “The Paradox of Art as Work,” “The production of arts and cultural goods and services contributed $504.4 billion to the U.S. economy,’ or 3.25 percent of gross domestic product.” (Cuts, 3). As evidence displays, artist’s work not only helps its community, but also its economy with $504.4 billion dollars in profits from
Rhys Southan’s essay “Is Art a Waste of Time?” is about art and if it can really help people who are suffering or is it just better to hand over your money. In Yo-Yo Ma’s essay “necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” he focuses more on art being used as educational purposes to essentially create more innovative/empathetic people. Instead of focusing so much on STEM, the author states that we should incorporate art too. Although some people might say art does not play a role in making the world a better place. I believe it can by bringing awareness to different social issues. Also, if we incorporate art at a young age it can teach kids to be open minded and happier people.
According to Tocqueville in aristocratic times the purpose of creating the arts was to produce the best artwork spending a great amount of time on it perfecting it and selling it for a high price. However, in today’s society the way to get rich is to sell your artwork for a cheaper price by manufacturing more quantity but with cheaper materials less in value, reproducing the artwork quicker and cheaper. Today all ranks of people can afford to buy a replicated artwork, which can easily be mistaken for the real thing. They are so highly perfected it is hard to tell apart what is original and what is not. They are many artistes today however; the quality of the production has
What is ‘Art’? Does the term describe a tangible object, experiential event, process, technique, medium, or creative skill? Does it imply attractive decoration, pleasant arrangement, and sound financial investment - or can art provoke, be unattractive, make people uncomfortable, and be fleeting? Today, Art is subjective, open to interpretation and encompasses the spectrum of the visual, literary, dance, and musical humanities - often overlapping one another. As such, Art and its practice can be all of the above and more. Post World War II, Modernist theories were waning and a general dissatisfaction was building in the United States and other westernized countries that ultimately led up to the cultural and social revolution of the 1960’s. The period also parallels a rise in relative wealth and subsequent mass consumption of commodities, education, and cultural activities within all the socioeconomic classes. Personal expression became acceptable and art practice exploded to include multiple fields of activity that Rosalind Krauss likens to “an extraordinary practice in elasticity”. Interest in ecology, performance, process, alternative materials, a loosening of social mores and experimentation with altered states of reality contributed to the rise of what is now known amply as Postmodernism. Civil rights, the anti-war movement, rise of feminism, and a political movement left of center created egalitarian entrances for many into various fields of study including Art. Nevertheless, similar to the current state of Western Civilization, not everyone appreciates an open multiplicity of voices often differing in viewpoints from safer, more conservative ones. It is in this context that artists Robert Smithson and Richard Serra bega...
People may wonder how this relates to transformational leadership. A leader that follows this theory is compassionate and caring towards the staff. An employee can’t love their job if they are fearful of their employer, or if they don’t agree with them. Here is where that quote comes into play. A person might love their career path, but that doesn’t mean they love their job. To be enjoyable, a job must have a happy work environment, and that includes a great and encouraging leader. Transformational leaders have high moral standards and values, and provide a vision and mission to their followers, thus followers have respect and admiration for their leader (Mittal & Dhar, 2015). If an employee feels that their leader cares about them, and wants the best for them, then that employee will enjoy going to work. If they enjoy going to work, then it won’t feel like their working, but instead will feel like they are doing what they love to do. This will allow the employee to go far beyond the normal expectations required of
There have been musicals, documentaries, researches, panel discussions and even talk shows about hair, hair qualities and hairstyles, even Oprah Gail Winfrey chose hair for the magazine's September 2013 theme. According to Adlman (2013), Oprah Winfrey in a video interview said,
It is art fulfilling its role in society. It is art that brings the moral issues. It is art that makes us human.
Thomas Carlyle, a preeminent figure of the Victorian era, said, “The real desire to get work done will itself lead one to more and more to truth” (Carlyle). Many teenagers all over the world rely on jobs to earn money to do fun activities with their friends. There are also many adults who have jobs to get by in life. Along with this, there are people who have a career. The difference between the two is that people who have a job work just to earn money, but do not enjoy it. People who have have a career enjoy their jobs and are very passionate.
Stephen Davies, in the philosophy of art, argues, “The impulse to make and consume art is a product of biological evolution,” meaning that “art’s evolutionary significance, plays a crucial role in intensifying and enriching our lives in general, both as individuals and communities (Davies 3). Although I do not believe that art is a product of biological evolution, I do believe that art is valuable to society and does not impede on the development of humanity.
In “Do What You Love? #@&** That!” by Jeff Haden, he explains how telling people to do what they love in their career is advice that is disastrous. Haden tells his readers that “That advice has probably resulted in more failed businesses than all the recessions combined…because that’s not how the vast majority of people end up owning successful businesses” (qtd. in Haden 463). Haden also mentions that to feel a real sense of passion you have to produce something important, gain respect for it, and feel control over your life (Haden 463). Not everyone agrees to mix passion and their business life together since some people think it’s two completely different things, but somehow someone’s work life becomes a passion without them realizing it has or without them even trying to make their work life a passion. Haden points out that “Passion is not something you follow. Passion is something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable to the world” (qtd. Haden 463). Even though not everyone chooses to follow their passion, in some way someone ends up doing something they enjoy and later on possibly love. Everyone has a job, some don’t get to choose the job that they specifically want, but they do choose one over another based on what they’ll enjoy more. People may choose
Everyone had a reason, to do whatever was needed. The value of art is to render the extraordinary brilliance of peoples’ lives; to relate to the lives of others in the society. The unique purpose of art is to provide an exhilarating touch of love, sorrow, warmth, depth, and happiness to the soul and heart. The value of art, both personal and monetary; the hard work of great art is very self- rewarding and gives a great sense of accomplishment. Monetarily speaking, an artist such as Vermeer must paint in order to make a living and support his family of 11 children, “And there were other debts.”
The pressure can come from the need to make minimum wage money or a parent deciding on what their kids need to do financially. When choosing something to take interest in, they are content and adore what they do. Love for their work profession encourages a positive attitude and this is needed for productivity. When an employee loves what they do, they attain constructive behavior. But, when productivity is sacrificed, it begins to suffer with negative employees who only work to make a change.
In the book Outliers, and in the articles, “Meaningful Work”, “Do, Just, Do: A Journey to Meaningful, Satisfying work”, and “ You Wont Find Meaningful work Looking Outside Yourself”, The authors Malcolm Gladwell, Michael F. Steger, Lori Deschene, and Keven wood describe what the joy of meaningful is to them.Life is what you make of it and it’s and up to you to decide what you will get out of it. Some people may work eight hour shifts Monday through Friday miserable, exhausted, depressed, unhappy, and under a lot of pressure and stress from their jobs. Others may do the same, similar, or different jobs being comfortable, happy with life, and pleased with their job position. Your job should be one of the most important things to you because you are there on average forty hours a week and most of your time is spent there. It should be important that you enjoy what you do because it is practically your second home. Meaningful work is a job you enjoy doing, are compassionate about, never tired of, and do for the fulfillment of yourself , it is important to success because if one enjoys what they do opportunities in their career path will only expand.
There are many different attitudes people have that entail if they actually like the job that they have. In Matthew B. Crawfords,“ The Case for Working with Your Hands” the narrator has several different jobs throughout the story. He comes to find that when people have a bond with the job that they have they tend to have a better attitude towards what they are doing. When working and not enjoying being at this job there is a tendency to not work as hard. In Barbara Ehrenreich 's story “ Serving in Florida” she shows that most people dislike working in the middle class. Ehrenreich proceeded to tell us how that most of the people that she works with are living
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Once said by a brilliant man Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman and CEO. This quote expired myself to create a truly satisfied place that I want to work and will love doing.
..., they improve social skills as well as one’s social image, and they improve one’s psychological health (Why Art Matters, 1). The arts also increase one’s perception and appreciation for life and the things in it (Why Art Matters, 1). Art is all around us everywhere we go and everywhere we look. It helps us understand where we are, where we are going, and how we get there. The preservation of history greatly relies on art to hold images, sounds, writing, and all sorts of other stuff form the past, so I guess you could say that recorded history is art (Social Impact of Art, 8). It helps get rid of multiracial and multicultural boundaries creating connections between people from all around the globe (How Art Impacts Society, 6). The arts, as well as the artist, are very important in today’s society and needs to be appreciated for what it is and what it’s done for us.