Finance and Creativity

In our most recent class, we discussed the impact financial situation has on creativity. Whilst discussing the subject in class, Sam and I agreed that having little financial means can negatively impact a creative person's work. This happens to people in the position where they must direct all their focus on the bare essentials unable to focus on the beauty and art of everyday life. This subject is further exmplified in Virginia Woolf's writing entitled, "Memories of a Working Women's Guild."She depicts working women as constant worriers. She says, "their eyes looked as if they were always set on something actual - on saucepans that were boiling over, on children who were getting into mischief." She continues, "Their lips never expressed the lighter and more detached emotions that come into play when the mind is perfectly at ease about the present." She expresses great respect for the women, while at the same time portraying them as "rooted to one spot.(pg. 156)" It is apparent that an artist must endure hardships and pain to be able to produce great art but their creativity can be impeded when they must focus solely on surviving.