Artists and Athletes
Friday September 05, 2008
The Olympics are over and my thoughts turn to the incredible single minded dedication to training of each of the competitors. The difference between a medal winner and a “loser” may only be a micro second, or a chance event in the race, yet society places winners on a pedestal and tends to ignore the efforts of the “loser”. The money and sponsorship only follows winners. There has to be something wrong here – perhaps it’s just a reflection of human nature and commercialism?
To my way of thinking it is much more individually impressive when a competitor achieves a place to compete in the Olympic Games when all the odds are stacked against them. Surely it is far easier for a competitor to win gold when the national training facilities of the competing country are advanced and concentrate on the event? The individual winner can then just be a highly selected pawn to national interests.
The same applies to art. There are so many very good but commercially unsuccessful artists out there. It is partly a question of being in the right place at the right time. The money, hype and sponsorship only ever follow a selected few.
I better get back to painting and train to win gold………..!
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