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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
itissoyourfault 0
Ooh that sucks. The same kind of thin happened to me before. These people were taking me somwhere and asked how I liked this one teacher, so I said he was fun but just an okay teacher (an understatement because she doesn't really teach at all), and it turned out that she was their relative. But good job for speaking your mind.
LisaLeBron 0
Acting is an art, itself.
amidecour 0
Okay, you deserved that, some people consider abstract/modern art the best kind of art (myself included) and you were being an flippant pompous dick.
ThanksMom 0
How ignorant. YDI.
bleepyourlife 0
we all know art is hard.
fxdxhk90 0
I wouldn't feel bad, your absolutely right. Abstract art is complete bullshit, and I can't understand why someone would make it into a career. I think number 34 says it all.
Roto13 0
You deserve it for being completely ignorant and uncultured.
DangerousBabee 0
Seriously. These FMLs need a "Who F***ing Cares!" Button. :P
Luckster 0
You deserve it!! You don't know how hard it is for us artists to create something new for the world to enjoy!
davidtheday 0
I think the original question needs more detail. Harder in what way? Both acting and artistry have different skill sets required, and some people will be more adept at one naturally than the other. Plus to confuse things, acting can be described as an art, and there are several types of artists. So the whole argument is kind of convoluted.