"Frida Kahlo", Guerrilla Girls, on art as a community experience, not a competition

 "Can't we think about art as not being about winners, but as being about something we all need in our lives? There are so many cultural traditions where art is collective and it's done in a community, and artists work together. They might do individual work, but they somehow present a kinder idea of what it means to have a creative life."

I love this quote from "Frida Kahlo". It resonates with a lot of things starting to form in my mind about motivation. I don't expect to make a wage from art, so why keep doing it? Because I enjoy it, but also because I want people to see my stuff, and to see me... 

But actually, perhaps it's enough to just make stuff you love and share it freely? My mum wrote poetry occasionally and was so excited when a single poem was published in a local literature volume. My grandfather painted, for himself, his art only ever hung on the walls of his home. Making art to please other people is vanity, and vanity is ok, but perhaps the true reward is the enrichment it gives you to make it? Perhaps creativity is just a basic requirement of a life well-lived?