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Mark Mallman Says ‘Suffering Artists’ Are a Myth, Making Art Isn’t a ‘Job’

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny with tags on 07/09/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

“This myth of the ‘suffering artists,’ the myth of Van Gogh and ideas like this—perpetuated by Hollywood—have become abstracted. It guilt-trips us all into thinking that if our art is our job, it lacks purity, and purity is the highest art form. But really, all we’re doing is trying to manifest joy, or insight, or translate the human experience.” Read more of my interview with Mark Mallman on New Noise.