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5 Design Roadblocks That Kill Creativity — and How Small Businesses Overcome Them
"It’s almost never a deficiency of your imagination. It’s a conflict of creative intent against real-world restrictions...Small businesses do not win by matching resources. They win by being deliberate with limits."
When Visibility Becomes Part of the Creative Process
The creative process doesn’t end at completion. It ends at connection... Being seen is not the opposite of creativity. It is part of creativity.
Survival Guide: Living the Artist Dream
You can be brilliant with a paintbrush, voice, camera, or choreography—and still struggle to pay rent. That gap between talent and livelihood isn’t a myth; it’s documented. In 2024, Spotify touted $10B in royalties—yet only a small fraction of artists reach a living wage from those payouts, highlighting how income skews toward a tiny tier at the top. Meanwhile, the median pay for fine artists in the U.S. remains modest relative to the cost of building a career—studio time, gear, travel, promotion—long before anyone sees your work. And it’s not just music or visual art—survey data shows many professional musicians earn low annual income from music alone and must juggle multiple roles to make ends meet.