Yes. I totally agree. It is mindboggling how disrupting covid has been to all the arts. I was making a reasonable income from writing before the pandemic, and I would have thought people would have more time to read.

Instead, book sales dried up because people spent less and switched to safer comfort entertainment from streaming services. Online magazines I wrote articles for went under because people were panic scrolling and only clicking on things related to covid or Trump.

I know visual artist got hurt too because it's hard to land a sale just from looking at things online. They needed people walking into galleries and seeing their work as it was intended.

UBI would help all people through these times that want to contribute to the world artistically.