Do artists serve themselves? Or others?

[Loki]

Hi all,

I read Book 1 about a year ago and am in the middle of Book 2. The past couple days I've been pondering my own polarity. I do very much feel neutral a lot of the time and I feel this gives way to some undesirable behavior. I want to serve others, but I also want to serve myself. I know it's harvest time, and it's time to make a choice (is that right?), so I'm trying to get all this sorted.

Anyways, I'm an artist. I really like making stuff, especially music. I've been thinking about whether the artist serves him/herself, or others. I suppose it depends on the artist? I'm really not sure. I've always struggled a little bit with sitting down and making stuff in a disciplined way. I usually have flurries of activity and then it dies down for a while and I get sedentary.

Anyways, I'd like to hear other's thoughts on this. I do feel more of an inclination towards service to others. It does feel like the path I'm walking on. I just..... want to be able to make my art too yknow.... it makes me happy...

This might seem like a silly question to some.... but I'm asking it anyway....

Thanks all

Art is pure creation. In art you cannot serve yourself if you do not serve others. When you do not serve others you do not serve yourself because you do not have a source of living. Just based on what Ra said (you need to be at Book 4) I believe making art is a source of white magic. Sometimes you might need to separate from the close selves (family, friends) in order to be able to make art for the many others, but regardless an artist that has impact and makes a living out of his art is a sort of white magician.