[lmm]

>Meanwhile, it's eminently possible to be effective without "tangible incentive" (not sure what this means, I'm guessing from context "money"). It's pretty common in the art world, in fact.

Huh? Most of the art world is extremely ineffective (and the part that is effective tends to be money-oriented).

[1auralynn]

How is art supposed to be "effective" exactly? Like how would you measure the efficacy of a painting?