Creativity, as far as I can tell, has always been a high-risk high-return thing to explore and the major reason for that is that it's not easy to monetize a lot of these creative endeavours. It's even more complex when you consider how competitive the creative industry can be.
During my days at Uni, I came across so many people who were in touch with their creative side. I believe most of them had the potential to be good writers, music composers, photographers and artists. I watched them do really good work, yet they had a rough time monetizing their creativity.
The narrative was that these folks are creative, so hitting it big wouldn't be a problem. But, that wasn't the reality. Many didn't go further in exploring their creative side because they were getting close to nothing after stretching their creativity. Some had to let go of that creative side and switched to other areas of life.
You can say all you want about them 'giving up on their passion', but, can we completely blame them?
I don't think so!
It's really difficult to do something creative and monetize it.
So, you are an artist... Well, how many artists are in the world? You have to deal with that competition and you have to go through the process of marketing your work and co. It's not an easy thing to do especially when you don't even have a place to display your creative work and monetize it.
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La creatividad, por lo que puedo decir, siempre ha sido algo de alto riesgo y alto rendimiento para explorar y la principal razón es que no es fácil monetizar muchos de estos esfuerzos creativos. Es aún más complejo si se tiene en cuenta lo competitiva que puede ser la industria creativa.
Durante mis días en la Uni, me encontré con muchas personas que estaban en contacto con su lado creativo. Creo que la mayoría de ellos tenían el potencial para ser buenos escritores, compositores de música, fotógrafos y artistas. Los vi hacer un trabajo realmente bueno, pero les resultó difícil monetizar su creatividad.
La narrativa era que estas personas son creativas, por lo que dar en grande no sería un problema. Pero, esa no era la realidad. Muchos no fueron más allá en la exploración de su lado creativo porque se estaban acercando a nada después de estirar su creatividad. Algunos tuvieron que dejar de lado ese lado creativo y cambiar a otras áreas de la vida.
Puedes decir todo lo que quieras sobre ellos 'renunciando a su pasión', pero, ¿podemos culparlos por completo?
¡No me parece!
Es realmente difícil hacer algo creativo y monetizarlo.
Entonces, eres un artista... Bueno, ¿cuántos artistas hay en el mundo? Tienes que lidiar con esa competencia y tienes que pasar por el proceso de mercadeo de tu trabajo y compañía. No es algo fácil de hacer, especialmente cuando ni siquiera tienes un lugar para mostrar tu trabajo creativo y monetizarlo.
Creativity only comes in when you are engaging with something you really have passion for,but just like you said marketing it is also problem which means that it's unlikely that u will start making money from your creativity as soon as possible.this brings than your morale as money also helps in motivating you to continue with your creativity.
So I suggest you should just look for another side source of income and then use it to support yourself while trying to market your creative product.
Thanks
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on this. It's a valuable tip and I truly appreciate getting it from you.
The creative industry is a really tough place to excel, but we keep doing what we do best we hope for things to get better on the long run