Artistic Success vs. Financial Stability
Published June 21, 2023 · 1:00 · 70,549 views
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Many professional creators start out like other kids in their cohort. Elementary school, high school, maybe college, maybe a big city to find their medium. Then the chasm opens: the gap between creative success and financial success, filled with a red sea of bills, debt, and financial responsibility. Across it lies the green land of financial security and better work. Some choose the advertising industry. Some choose martyrdom. Or academia. Or teaching.
And some of us, with the help of others, build a little boat and row across. There are many chasms and red waters. But we do the work and have faith. One minute. No padding.
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I've learned that artist is a semi-dirty word so I'll just call us creators many professional creators start out like
other kids in their cohort they probably go to elementary school probably go to high school maybe go to college maybe
they move to a big city to find their medium and once they've found their medium many creators become driven by
one thing the desire to make better work until they reach the chasm the chasm between creative success and financial success a
Chasm filled with a red sea of bills debt and financial responsibility across which lies the green land of Financial
Security and better work some choose the advertising industry some choose martyrdom or Academia or teaching and some of us
with the help of others build a little boat and row across the chasm and we find that there are many chasms and Red Waters but we do the work and have faith