Do You Make Art As An Adult?

Sometimes I feel surreptitiously motivated to produce art.

I often class art as one of my SI's, but I mostly only appreciate art.
Historically, I've felt demotivated about making things in general likely because I feel like there being a social reward to doing so is in some way required in order for me to be productive in this way.
I frequently fantasize about having had a clos-knit art friends while growing up so we would show each other our OC's, collaborate on some sort of shared world, talk about narratives, etc.
Lurking on DeviantArt, YT, Twitter, etc. helps me vicariously live that fantasy by assuming the artists posting stuff there have lives of that kind.

Aside from the lack of a social component to the creative process, the idea of being a unemployed, not college-educated, friendless, likely futureless adult causes me to feel like I'm wasting my time whenever I try creating art.
Do you feel somehow like that too, or can relate to anything in my exposition?

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  • An interesting post.

    What is art?  I'm a photographer and I sometimes wonder whether any of my work could be called 'art'.

    What is the purpose of art?  You say that you could be wasting your time, but then does there have to be a destination, or can it just be the 'journey'.

    I suspect that for most of us the creative process is therapeutic in itself even if your work isn't purchased, seen or appreciated by others (but that makes it more worthwhile).

    There are lots of creative people on this forum (artists?) and here is the second thread I created for them.

    The original had tons of posts but was sadly deleted:

     RE: The new Forum Creative Space 

    the idea of being a unemployed, not college-educated, friendless, likely futureless adult causes me to feel like I'm wasting my time whenever I try creating art

    Van Gogh?

  • Photography can definitely be art. Of course, a lot of photography these days is more what you might call record making (e.g. selfies to prove that you’ve visited the Eiffel Tower). I think one of the things that distinguishes art photography from record making is the intent (compulsion?) to show the world differently.

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  • Photography can definitely be art. Of course, a lot of photography these days is more what you might call record making (e.g. selfies to prove that you’ve visited the Eiffel Tower). I think one of the things that distinguishes art photography from record making is the intent (compulsion?) to show the world differently.

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