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Because art is the way of prostituting our feelings.
I’ve been working in this image for ages (well, honestly less than a week), but a lot of things have happened in between, some of them I just cannot explain by myself. I am a masochistic person, sometimes I commit errors to get a bittersweet reward. I started this image before doing the most grotesque thing I’ve done in all my life which I will always regret, so the direction it took after that was way different than my original idea (if there was any, by the way… ).
This is the way I see the world of art, pieces and artist (me). No, it’s not a summary of my style, or my images by instance, it’s my point of view about what I’m doing with my “art”. It’s a prostitution, but it’s what I want. Sometimes (most of the time… ) it hurts. It really does, to have your ego ridden roughshod over… but in the end you always feel good. You create stuff for yourself but you cannot avoid to show it to others. But in my case there is no other reason that to get a comfy life thanks to that, because I cannot imagine myself working in anything else that is not related to making illustration.
But it doesn’t work. It never did and sometimes I wonder that I’ll hardly do. But I keep on trying. Most of the times, after the creation, it’s very, very disgusting to see what happens. But it’s worth it. I have fun, I discover things, I challenge myself, and I feel relieved.
But coming back to reality, I wonder what will become of me in few months, not even in years, months. Because this doesn’t work. But I’ll keeping on protituting my feelings until it does.

Model from *mjranum-stock (you and your models are awesome, Marcus).
Thanks for looking.

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:iconcloistering:
The marketplace can be very brutal, it eats your soul, especially in applied arts, you do it to survive but sadly it does at times feel like prostitution. Keep the expression that is yours alive, no matter what! :hug: instant:+fav:

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... just possibly redemption lies in the lucid beauty of the absurd...;-)
:iconstarchasm:
AMAZING! I love the movement!

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:flame: Teach a man how to build a fire, and he will be warm for the night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm the rest of his life. :flame:
:iconhell-on-a-stick:
if the fool persists, he shall become wise. I think we learn brutal lessons, when we disregard the easy ones. The simple voice that always tells us the truth also sooner or later places us in harms way, if we continue to fail to pay attention.

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Behold! I am that which must always overcome itself. - Friedrich Nietzche
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:iconvirus69:
Great image with strong concept about prostitution in art...but without being a 'design and art whore' artists can't make money..I'd wish to be rich and make art as the way I want to, but sometimes we need to make commercial stuff and do what clients want from us, not what we like because of need for money.

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:iconmarianne-art-world:
Truly stunning...!
Out of words

:wow: :clap: :heart: :tighthug:

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An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. :)
:iconmusshi:
Wow! The colors and composition are really good... nice done :D

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Relax!
:icongetcarter:
:thumbsup: :heart:

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:iconkamillie:
I totally agree with :iconvirus69: i could not say better.
I really like this work, is very disturbing and dinamic, full of heavy emotions..Really great work!!
:iconthebastet:
"Because art is the way of prostituting our feelings."

awesome.
:iconjadepixi:
This is a really great piece and you've totally captured the essence of what you wanted to say within it!

Keep prostituting & bringing us deep beauty ;D

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