297 - Why Creatives are Struggling and Where to Refocus Your Energy with William Deresiewicz

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

“There’s never been a better time to be a creative person!” You’ve heard this before, but is it true? Is it your experience? Best Selling author William Deresiewicz decided to try and answer this question by interviewing hundreds of artists (spoiler: I was one of them!) and diving deep into research. All of his remarkable findings are in his new book “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech”. In this episode we dive deep into this work and tease out the pitfalls to watch out for, as well as areas where it’s smart to invest yourself as a modern creative. This book and this interview is a gift to creatives and I hope you find it as cathartic and validating as I did. Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-pep-talk/id929743897 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/47vLbaJTqqLdeqnvjmyjaf?si=Z3mlMtLnTTqZwi8RqSGtcw

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0:00.0	Hey, you're listening to the Creative Peptalk Podcast.
0:03.3	We hope you say yes to the Creative Call to Adventure.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Andy J.
0:08.2	Pizza! You can stay up to date with all things creative
0:12.3	Peptalk by following me on Instagram at Andy J. Pizza.
0:16.5	Let's get into today's episode.
0:21.5	Creators, are you tired of being paid and clicks and likes?
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0:29.0	the creative system is broken.
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1:57.0	Today on the show we have William de Resowitz author of the new book The Death of the Artist.
2:19.0	How creators are struggling to survive in the age of billionaires in big tech.
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