A large part of what interests me in studying artists of the past is their life stories and how they correlate with the evolution of their work.
That "real" aspect of the person who created a body of work...
I find it utterly inspiring.
Perhaps this factors into how I conduct myself more than I realize.
I aim to support myself and my family with my art career while I'm still kicking, but If my artwork at some point becomes popular after my death- (as is common for visual artists) how would my story read? Of course I can only control some aspects of my life's story. But I certainly wouldn't want to be known to toot my own horn, sell out for what was immediately successful/popular or in any way create things that are not from my heart or have business practices which are morally questionable.
These are standards that I believe I would stand by anyway, but knowing that someday my viewers might have only these stories with which to relate to my art, further arms my conscience.
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