These days, the internet algorithm, based on your views, determines what you like. I have subscribed to the Rahul Despande collective. Thus i came across this superb video of a few Gujarati artists performing the raga based Bollywood songs. The singers and the musicians were indeed very good. The sitarist was brilliant. Most probably, it was a commissioned programme. Yet the hall was half full.
That made me think. Can an artistic passion currently be a full fledged profession? Or is it inevitable to lead two lives? That is, whatever be your profession, perform it passionately, be excellent at it, and moonlight for the artistic passion, i suppose.
Let me give you a concrete example. Suppose one is a doctor and one loves acting. Should one give up medicine and be a full time actor? Is it practically possible if you do not belong to a clique, a gang, a mafia, in that field, whatever you may choose to call it? Is not there a Sushant Singh phenomenon, the rejected, consciously destroyed talented outsider? How many internet sensations a la Yohani , the Sri Lankan singing sensation variety, do actually continue to flourish?
With every channel pouring profusely such talent, what happens to the dancing feet, the singing throats, the painting fingers, the answering mouths once the show is over? After the arch lights, what next? What compromises are necessary to continue, if at all? How about the fragile psyche when it faces to an uncertain future once the stage lights are dimmed? Many questions, few answers! A sociological issue that urgently needs a full serious exploration in my opinion! What do you think?
Pratima@ For every star in the limelight, there are millions of stones, burnt out, right?!!? Who cares for them, for those who love them?!!?
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