I was happy to hear that Pluto (formerly known as a planet) was reclassified by the International
Astronomical Union. It makes sense from an astronomical standpoint but it also helps in an educational sense as well. The last proposal I remember hearing about was that anything large enough for gravity to make it a sphere would be a planet. Some astronomers were estimating thousands of planets under that rule.
How many children are going to be able to remember that many names?! Astronomy would have become even more esoteric to the multitude of children learning science. It would have alienated so many more people who would likely have simplified the objects as "Pluto and the other planets past Neptune".
What I find encouraging is that the present "controversy" has placed the spotlight on astronomy and science again. Especially the reality that science changes with our understanding.
And there is still so much reality to understand!
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Can you actually make a living with your art, or do you have to have another job? What is the reality of graphic arts jobs? Do you get just large payments for single works or regular payments for work used over and over?
If you want to be an artist, how do you get paid? Or do you rely on others (family money, spouse, etc) to provide for your needs?
I have made a great living on my work but in the lean times I also have had to rely on a part-time job and my understanding wife's income. The important thing to do is to plan for the hard times while the good times are rolling.
It is also important to remember not to work for hire whenever possible. When another entitiy receives ownership of your work you will never make another dollar from that piece (think licensing for various products and publications beyond the initial use.)
You will never know what someone might need an image for and to sell it off is to loose any further revenue.
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