Alt text: a post from @lolennui.bsky.social that says: Once my German friend asked what creative people do without arts grants and other support in the US and I felt like a parent trying to explain to their kid that the puppies can die sometimes
Alt text: a post from @lolennui.bsky.social that says: Once my German friend asked what creative people do without arts grants and other support in the US and I felt like a parent trying to explain to their kid that the puppies can die sometimes
What do creative people do in Germany to support themselves?
Art?
Except when they get denied admission to art school.
Politics then
Study liberal arts for free while getting bafög or a side job to pay for your living costs. I think that’s more what the post is about. And there are also tons of grants.
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I think the point is not so much about the actual occupation, but about the system fucking them a bit less.