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How to handle the commercialization of sacred creative work

I made this piece that felt sacred to me and then someone bought it and now it hangs in their bathroom and I feel like I prostituted something holy

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The artist struggles with the tension between sharing meaningful work and losing control over its context and reception.

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