The painter's hunger: can it be cured with lemon?

An artist’s financial life is a tough, complicated struggle. We spend most of our days grappling with scarcity and instability. Anyone with common sense gives up art to pursue something else and secure a more reliable income—though, in these times, nothing is truly certain. We artists are crazy to keep going down this path. It is like an impossible love, yet we still sail our little boat across the ferocious ocean. These are things that simply aren't understood when explained.