Conviction in time of crises- Enablers- Part 3
PC: Dr. Raghavendra While the previous articles looked at sustaining an artiste's livelihood in financially and emotionally telling times such as these, the focus of this article is on the importance we must give now- more than ever before- to cultivating support structures for ourselves. The attitude of the practitioner, the attitude towards peers, the attitude that we cultivate in the public and the attitude that society builds towards art and artistes- all feed into making the arts a sustainable profession. THAT is a large bucket of 'attitude'! But it is NOW or NEVER for the fraternity to think of what we can do to make this a better place to work, engage and sustain. It is indeed time for an Overhaul. A recent statistic indicated that an artiste was considered non-essential in times of crises. Artistes contested these claims with articles, stories, talks, creatives and more. But what this indicates is a gap between the public at large and artistes; that our craft cont...