Today, my friend and I were in her mom's car talking about which job was harder: actor or artist. I said, "Art is easy. You just scribble on a piece of paper and call it abstract art." Her mom squinted at me in the rear-view mirror and my friend stopped talking. Then she said, "My mom is an artist." FML
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Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML
Today, my mother yelled at me for not doing all of my homework. She got so mad, she tore up a drawing I'd spent over a week working on. That was my art homework. FML
Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
Today, I was partnered up with a girl in my art class, since the teacher had asked us to take turns drawing portraits of each other. I went first and felt pretty proud of how the drawing turned out. I showed it to her and she said "That's OK. I'm not good at drawing either." FML
Today, I found out that my mom paints, and that I was artistically represented in a painting, as Satan, in a painting made shortly after I told her that I was an atheist. FML
Today, I learned how artistically talented my daughter is. Unfortunately, her favorite medium to work in is poo. FML
Today, I was talking to an art critic at an exhibition. He told me that the artist had no talent and went on to tell me everything wrong with each painting. I'd painted them all. FML
Today, despite me being a master-level carpenter, and my art sells for thousands, I heard my mom telling her snobby friends how embarrassed she is of me because I’m “basically unemployed” and waste my time on “hobby crafts” like a teenage nerd instead of getting “a real job” and finding a wife. FML
Today, a friend asked me to come with her to the art building at school so I could pose in the stance of a figure she was drawing for her exam. I obliged and sat for the pose. When the art teacher walked by, she looked at me, then at the sketch, pointed to the legs, and said, "Make them fatter". FML
Today, I looked over my next homework assignment for art class. It was to draw a portrait of my best friend. I can't think of anyone besides my mother. FML
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1234jnimawe 0
well youre an idiot because art is much more complicated ... ... I can't draw for my life nor can I pass it off like I can ... meanwhile people will see a movie with jessica Simpson and call that "acting" ... it ain't hard
choochootrain 0
...honestly? Comparing actors and artists is like comparing apples and pears. Done well, each require talent and effort.
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Comments (185)
poeticvibez07 0
1 fyl 2 have you never heard the term "starving artist" or any along that line
smartieee 0
so? all you were saying is that you COULD do that, not that her mum does..?
ccc01 1
The real problem is the mom fails because she can't even laugh at herself. I'm a Cubs fan but I make fun of myself all the time. People like you better if you can make fun or laugh at yourself. Special Interests groups can suck the lower part of me where the sun don't shine.
luciaspiano 0
Acting is difficult, of course, but so is art. If you're a truly talented actor, it's easy to find work. Do you have any idea how hard it is to make it as an artist? If you put down "random scribbles" and try to call it abstract art, it will be rejected by everyone. Art takes both time and talent. That being said, YDI for being an inconsiderate douchebag.
zach055 23
that is 100% true, art is so subjective that anything can be called "art."
Isamermaid 17
This is where you grow some balls and say, "I stand by my point."
Macromartyr 3
IMHO: Art needs talent (making it look like something). Abstract art is NOTHING. It's only hard if you try to recreate it because you won't remember the exact direction and force applied when you threw the paint on. It's a popularity contest for the loaded painters. I'm an abstract artist, I just choose to enjoy my talent on my own :P
Macromartyr 3
And 142 you are right that everything is "art". That gets bunny ears because in that same context, my hair is a work of art, my messy bedroom shows the artistic passion in me, and my recently clipped toe nails are works of art
idude1 0
i dont think people are taking into account how broad of a subject art really is. Art could include painting, sculptures, literature, music(im a musician hehehe), and some could argue that acting is a form of art. OP ydi for being ignorant about art.
missmontreal97 4
art isn't easy you bitch