Why Social Media Is an Emotional Challenge for Artists

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Tyler Hobbs
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Social media presents emotional and mental challenges for contemporary artists. It is undeniably an important avenue for sharing your artwork and artistic process, almost essential if you are not already firmly established. Many artists are therefore forced into working with it if they have any comme...

Social media presents emotional and mental challenges for contemporary artists. It is undeniably an important avenue for sharing your artwork and artistic process, almost essential if you are not already firmly established. Many artists are therefore forced into working with it if they have any commercial ambition. The variety of issues they face there can negatively impact their artistic practice, and even well being. I want to discuss some of those issues, which I myself have faced, and also talk a bit about potential improvements.

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This is probably not it, but this brief 2020 article by Tyler Hobbs does come to mind ("Why Social Media is an Emotional Challenge for Artists"):