{"id":4824,"date":"2016-07-12T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/12\/defying-the-starving-artist-stereotype-real-artists-on-how-to-make-a-living-while-pursuing-your-passion\/"},"modified":"2016-07-12T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:01:31","slug":"defying-the-starving-artist-stereotype-real-artists-on-how-to-make-a-living-while-pursuing-your-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/12\/defying-the-starving-artist-stereotype-real-artists-on-how-to-make-a-living-while-pursuing-your-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Defying the 'starving artist' stereotype: Real artists on how to make a living while pursuing your passion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life\u2019s too short to skip out on pursuing your passions.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not out of the question that you can make a living or some supplemental income doing so \u2013 it\u2019s possible to intertwine your artistic pursuits with your vocation through a full-time gig, a side hustle or both.<\/p>\n

Hip-hop artist Hebru Brantley<\/a> is one striking example of an artist who has turned his efforts into a career. When Brantley isn\u2019t turning his ideas into tangible art in his Chicago studio, he\u2019s exhibiting his work all over the world, making a living through visual art, something he\u2019s been passionate about since childhood.<\/p>\n

One key to his success: Multitasking and keeping positive momentum. Brantley has so many ideas that, in order to get them out of his mind and onto a canvas (whether it\u2019s paper, the side of a building or something else entirely), he\u2019s got to work simultaneously on five or six pieces at a time. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Life\u2019s too short to skip out on pursuing your passions. And it\u2019s not out of the question that you can make a living or some supplemental income doing so \u2013 it\u2019s possible to intertwine your artistic pursuits with your vocation … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}