possibly somewhat related.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/12/matthew-crawford-distraction-is-a-kind-of-obesity-of-the-mind-the-world-beyond-your-head

linked in seems good for marketers mainly.

great question about the art/life split. i'm for making money separately, being as artistic as possible while doing so, and making art as a hobby. but that may change tomorrow, depending on what i smoke.


On 1/5/2015 3:54 PM, dave miller wrote:
I've been updating LinkedIn over the past few days, looking for work.
With LinkedIn I struggle with balancing commercial jobs and my art career. I seem to be using my art skills to try to get jobs that may require creativity, but it's an uneasy and unhappy mix. It also feels dishonest, as if I'm somehow in denial about how important my art is to me.

Maybe the problem is me - I've done both commercial work and art and have always found that the two don't go happily or neatly together, though in theory they should as I am trying to find work in the creative industries. Though the political art definitely doesn't fit on a regular CV, so I hide this.

I just don't think LinkedIn serves the needs of artists. Or academic research/ funding.

But i might be wrong and just not doing things right?

Are artists using LinkedIn? Or are they using something else? Should there be a LinkedIn for artists? Is there a gap in the market? Artists and researchers looking for opportunities/ funding?

Trouble with this way of thinking is I don't like the split life - work and art - and having to keep them separate. Is it unavoidable?

Would be good to know how others present themselves as artists/ workers / researchers

thanks dave


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