This is a very good read. As someone who struggles very hard to turn my creativity into actual things that exist, I have found it very disheartening to read all the manifestos that say "you actually don't need any tools and the way that people who have succeeded at doing things is bad and wrong actually and you should do it a different way or your work will suck".
Thanks for writing this.
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Thank you for your comment. That's honestly a big part of why I wrote this, tbh: I felt a lot of people in this jam were being very negative about art, audiences, and the people who try to make a living off of art. I feel those attitudes are damaging, and wanted to make sure people got a different perspective on it. I'm glad you found this helpful.