Yes, let’s discuss THIS! I feel lucky and grateful that I can make my living off of my artistry via music-making, because I know that’s rare. I also know it’s a fucking mind/body/soul terrain to traverse - especially to try to do so ethically without trying to exploit myself in an exploitative system. With you in this.
Thank you for writing this. This is a level of transparency most are not brave enough to claim. But this is important, and we need to wonder about it together. What does it mean to steward your one and precious life? What does it mean to be responsible for your life force, within larger constraint- & opportunity-structures? How can we survive+thrive under capitalism, without betraying ourselves and pouring poison into our mouths and killing our spirits?
Yes, let’s discuss THIS! I feel lucky and grateful that I can make my living off of my artistry via music-making, because I know that’s rare. I also know it’s a fucking mind/body/soul terrain to traverse - especially to try to do so ethically without trying to exploit myself in an exploitative system. With you in this.
Thanks for sharing, and getting to breakeven as a creative is an amazing success, especially living in California!
Thank you for writing this. This is a level of transparency most are not brave enough to claim. But this is important, and we need to wonder about it together. What does it mean to steward your one and precious life? What does it mean to be responsible for your life force, within larger constraint- & opportunity-structures? How can we survive+thrive under capitalism, without betraying ourselves and pouring poison into our mouths and killing our spirits?