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Been sitting on this for a while! After the latest Nerd Notes from @danicaswanson, it's time I share my thoughts on the starving artist __ There’s a lot of glorification around the struggling artist archetype but what most people don’t see is how hard it is to be creative when you’re stressed about rent. This narrative keep us starved and divided, while ironically tucked away on a pedestal. Committing to art is cool and aspirational, as long as it's a struggle. The moment you make it, you sell out - whatever that means. I can feel the itch to type KILL THE STARVING ARTIST, proverbial Molotov in imaginary hand, WHO’S WITH ME?!, but I pause. It’s too easy to blame the artist - the poor bastard is so overworked and underpaid they can’t even fight back. We need a shift in perspective, a radical way to go about things. New myths to tell the tale of the artist. But before we venture into world building, let us feed the starving artist. Then, and only then, can we begin to build a different reality.

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Appreciate this take, Brunni. Hopefully you've seen the related discussion in the recent thread that follows the shortened version of my essay on /zora? It focused on the problem of artists being coerced into day jobs out of lack of viable alternatives. I'll link it below. The "sellout" narrative could be seen as a classic case of psychologizing the structural (i.e., placing blame on individuals for systemic problems). It's more nuanced than that, of course, but that's a start. I think we're in the right place to participate in early experiments toward getting the artists properly fed, at least. You mention "new myths to tell the tale of the artist." Say more...? What could that look like? https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xad1a822d

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