"Two articles from this month's Harper's, both US-centric, regarding the making of artistic livelihood.
The first article "Stages of Grief" takes a look at the difficulties of making an artistic livelihood pre- and post-pandemic.
The second article, "The Anxiety of Influencers", takes a closer look at the influencer economy, casting it as "a garish accentuation of the economy writ large". This statement is a bit too broad, and I would qualify it by saying that the influencer economy is only a garish accentuation of the arts and cultural sector of the economy writ large.”
The first article "Stages of Grief" takes a look at the difficulties of making an artistic livelihood pre- and post-pandemic.
The second article, "The Anxiety of Influencers", takes a closer look at the influencer economy, casting it as "a garish accentuation of the economy writ large". This statement is a bit too broad, and I would qualify it by saying that the influencer economy is only a garish accentuation of the arts and cultural sector of the economy writ large.”