i’m a 40 year-old man, homeless and unemployed.
i’ve been trying to make it as an artist (comedian, book) for the last 5 years.
i’m feel stuck – how to do i promote my brand and push forward with a story like mine?
possibly the darkest of human nature (from prostitution, to rape to murder) and that’s only the half of it.
how do i approach a little kid or a family and convince them to purchase my book?
do you separate the art from the artist? because that is the only way i’ll be successful in this world.
This quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde: “The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim. That is to say, real art takes no part in molding the social or moral identities of society, nor should it. Art had no moral responsibility. Art, should strive only to be a beautiful object entirely separate from its creator.”
so, what are my options? quit pursuing my dreams and get a 9-5?
let’s keep going til the wheels fall off.
the plan is to stay in california till october, then seattle for a month, then vancouver in november.
i’m a believer that things will work out – they always do – i’m an optimist, it can’t be any other way.
-van, august 12, 2025
