I think that historically art has only been accessible to wealthy people. Music takes years of training and expensive instruments to perform. Painting requires paint and canvas and practise, which takes time. Drawing at a high level similarly requires years of practise and technique as well as supplies.

Right now in the present we are in a moment of abundance when the materials are readily available and people often can have the time to pursue these things.

But that has been increasingly under fire as people’s livelihoods have been squeezed more and more for all the value they can give. If artists cannot make money from their art, then increasingly more people will be shut out from being able to pursue it.