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tansybradshaw's review
3.0
Ever wonder what happens with all your favoute writers/comedians when they are not on stage? Well, Justin Heazlewood knows and has lifted the curtain and asked the audience to stay behind and see the normal life that every artist has to face.
As a comedian and writer, I was reading this book seeing all my troubles in my life with being an artist come flooding back. I found myself laughing and nodding in agreement. Justin's writing style makes you feel like you are sitting at a table with the artists he talks too.
During the time of reading this, I was taking a Industry Overview unit for my writing course, everything that we were told, and that I was made aware of quite a long time ago, is replicated in the book.
I would recommend anyone who is thinking about going into the creative arts industry, it is a touching, honest look that may make you think twice before you quit your job and throw yourself into 'a defacto relationship with Centrelink.' as Justin states in the book.
As a comedian and writer, I was reading this book seeing all my troubles in my life with being an artist come flooding back. I found myself laughing and nodding in agreement. Justin's writing style makes you feel like you are sitting at a table with the artists he talks too.
During the time of reading this, I was taking a Industry Overview unit for my writing course, everything that we were told, and that I was made aware of quite a long time ago, is replicated in the book.
I would recommend anyone who is thinking about going into the creative arts industry, it is a touching, honest look that may make you think twice before you quit your job and throw yourself into 'a defacto relationship with Centrelink.' as Justin states in the book.
kateharrisontas's review
5.0
Highly recommend to any emerging or established artists as well anyone working in the arts. As an arts worker I could relate to a lot of what Justin wrote about but it also opened by eyes up to some aspects of an artists' life that I'd hadn't considered in as much detail.
Great writing and great insight; I also really enjoyed the references he made and the people he interviewed.
Great writing and great insight; I also really enjoyed the references he made and the people he interviewed.
eri_123's review
4.0
memoir/how (not) to/investigative piece into life as an artist in Australia. While I'm not an artist in Australia, I do consume lots of types of art and to have more of an insight into the difficult/depressing/poor life of artists can only make me a better arts consumer. I have been a fan of Justin Heazlewood (as the Bedroom Philosopher) for quite a few years and enjoy his new (to me) work as a writer. His writing is articulate, probing and both analytical and emotional. He draws not just from the world of music but also writing, visual arts, and theatre and film. It makes me feel assured in my career choice of a 9-5(ish) job as this creative world appears economically and personally challenging. However as someone who derives a lot of value from the arts, I have to acknowledge that while I don't want that life, my consumption of the arts requires someone to live those sacrifices. So in my actions I need to (financially and in being a regular audience) support artists.
and therein the essential problem: people like me who want to (and expect to) consume arts but who may not have much of an understanding of the harsh realities of an artistic life.
and therein the essential problem: people like me who want to (and expect to) consume arts but who may not have much of an understanding of the harsh realities of an artistic life.
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