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Why productivity metrics fail creative work

My studio neighbor works twice as fast as me and produces twice as much and I feel like I am failing at the basic math of being an artist.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Quantitative comparisons are applied to qualitative processes that resist measurement.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sculpture and three-dimensional work?”

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