Technology has also made it easier to be an artist, tools often automate what took artists countless hours to perfect. This exacerbates the issue making “art” a technical skill and not a creative endeavor. The problem is that no matter how technical it gets, treating art as something that can be artificially constructed leaves things very blatantly soulless. In the modern era everyone can be an artist but only the exceptional will thrive, and art being an endeavor you can thrive on instead of struggle is what’s unique about the times we live in.