I always used art as my therapy,
as my uniqueness and self-expression,
never a tool for profit.
But when opportunity came,
and people wanted my art,
I sold it for the price of a coffee cup!
Yet a lot of people spit venom.
“It’s shameful,” they say,
“Making art of monks and selling it?”
I laughed. Really?
Research, reading, and art
should be free?
Only your pedicure, Botox,
weigh loss medicines
are service to earn?
When the dentist cleans my teeth
with her tools,
and billed me $1000,
nobody told him/her,
“Isn’t it shameful,
that you are doing treatment
and asking for money?”
When I make my painting,
skillfully gliding my brush,
on paper, on canvas,
suddenly that should be free!
Get rid of hypocrisy, please
art is a sophisticated skill,
and an artist needs all the reward
she can get.
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Seema Patel
Hi, I am Seema. I have been writing on the internet for 15 years. I have contributed to PubMed, Blogger, Medium, LinkedIn, Substack, and Amazon KDP.
I write about nature, health, parenting, creativity, gardening, and psychology.
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What a shameful group of people, that would want you to give away your talent. <3