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When creative couples become competitive instead of supportive

My partner and I are both artists and we've been trying to support each other's work but I think we've created this competitive dynamic where we're comparing everything - time spent creating, quality of work, external validation - and it's poisoning both our relationship and our art.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two artists in relationship are discovering that shared creative identity can breed comparison and competition rather than mutual flourishing.

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