Personally, I believe some of the best art gets done in spite of circumstances, not necessarily because of circumstances. And I think that it's often more interesting to see art that had to claw it's way into existence, instead of art that was coddled and nursed by nannies. It always sounds a little weird to me to hear artists say, "I'm trying to come up with a proposal for such and such a grant" or "I've got a show next March and I'm trying to come up with an idea for it." It's sort of like "art on demand" or maybe it should be called "demand on art" (doa). Of course, this is probably me being too idealistic about art and creation, and what "should" be the motivating impulses, which is ludicrous to even think about. Can't "should" on art. In the end, there's no real accounting for where "the best" and "the worst" come from. Everytime I draw a line in the sand, a wind storm comes up. Barg
