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Financial Instability & imagination creativity

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Choose Yourself!

The world is changing. Markets have crashed. Jobs have disappeared. Industries have been disrupted and are being remade before our eyes. Everything we aspired to for “security,” everything we thought was “safe,” no longer is: College. Employment. Retirement. Government.

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James Altucher
2025
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Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age

Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The Starving Artist Is a Myth.

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Jeff Goins
2025
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Arts & Numbers: A Financial Guide for Artists, Writers, Performers, and Other Members of the Creative Class

The creative class—artists, actors, writers, musicians, freelancers, dancers, performers, and the like—are known for applying their passion for creative expression to everything they do. Perhaps the one thing that most fills this group with apprehension is the rigid world of numbers.

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Elaine Grogan Luttrull
2013
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Why Must Artists Be Poor? | Hadi Eldebek

The arts bring meaning to our lives and spirit to our culture—so why do we expect artists to struggle to make a living? Hadi Eldebek is working to create a society where artists are valued through an online platform that matches artists with grants and funding opportunities—so they can focus on their...

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2018
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Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists

In this day and age, when art has become more of a commodity and art school graduates are convinced that they can only make a living from their work by attaining gallery representation, it is more important than ever to show the reality of how a professional, contemporary artist sustains a creative...

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Sharon Louden
2013
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How to Survive the Dreaded Freelance Lull

It’s the fear of every freelancer. The work dries up, no-one calls, no-one emails . . . It feels like game-over. But in truth, a dry spell is an inevitability for the self-employed—whether that’s the annual slow-down, or an unusually quiet few months.

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Kate Hollowood
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How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself without Selling Your Soul

Written for fine artists ready to launch their careers as well as experienced artists who wish to relaunch their careers, How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, Seventh Edition, an acclaimed guide, empowers artists to take control of their careers to create a fulfilling life and earn a decent...

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Caroll Michels
2025
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Financial Advice for Artists from Four Experts

Artist Christina Empedocles splits her time between making art and working as a certified financial planner, with a focus on guiding people in creative industries.

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Alexxa Gotthardt
2017
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‘Should I Quit My Day Job to Write a Book?’

Recently, after years of being afraid to confront this reality, I accepted that I want to be a writer.

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Heather Havrilesky
2018
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Profit From Art Isn’t Dirty. It Means: Make More Art.

Are you an artist who dislikes dealing with the financial part of your work? Think of profit as a form of permission.

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Carl Richards
2019
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