My creative collaborator and I have this dynamic where my 'creative self' is completely uninhibited and experimental, but my 'business self' wants to make commercially viable work, and she's frustrated because she never knows which version of me is going to show up to our sessions. We're both artists trying to make a living, but we're handling the tension between our creative and commercial selves very differently.
More people experience this than they realize.
The tension between creative authenticity and commercial viability becomes interpersonally complicated when collaborators have different strategies for managing their artistic and business selves.
“Where Are You with The multiple selves model — psychological?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.