But over time, the singer grows weary of singing the same songs in the same way year after year, or the painter is fed up with painting similar scenes or portraits, or the actor gets tired of playing the same character repeatedly. The demand of the public holds the artist hostage to their own success and fame. If the artist attempts to change their style of writing, dancing or singing, etc.. the audience may turn their backs on them, conferring the fickle fame on the other, and then, in time, on another, and so on.