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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the world was shut down during a pandemic, we needed the scientists and doctors to help cure us. But we also needed the artists and writers. How much Netflix did you stream? How many books did you read? How did you find and share joy and meaning in your life?

It's not enough to simply be alive and earn money. You need purpose, connections, community. These come from the the study and expression of language and art.
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It's not all about earning money or learning to earn money.  It's about learning to enjoy the world.[/quote]

Why do people think it is one thing or the other? A doc friend of mine is a concert trumpeter. A Google friend is a writer. Both studied multiple things in school and enjoy both parts of their lives.[/quote]

Good for them!  (seriously).  However, plenty of people have the arts/theater/music as their sole interest---they cannot imagine doing anything else.  So they choose to pursue that.  
Your doc friend cannot be a full time concert trumpeter and be a Full time practicing doctor at the same time---it's just not possible.  They might play in a group that performs every 3 months with 1 rehearsal per week.  
A true professional musician will be practicing 2-4 hours per day, attending rehearsals daily (or 3-4x/week) with the orchestra and performing 2-4 times per week during the season.  It's a full time job, with teaching private lessons or at a university often included as well.  
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