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When creative partners face windfall funding and artistic integrity questions

My creative partner and I won a grant lottery for $30,000 to fund our art project but now we're fighting about whether accepting 'random' money compromises the integrity of our work and what we owe to our artistic vision.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unexpected money forces artists to confront their beliefs about the relationship between struggle and authenticity, and whether ease corrupts creative vision.

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“Where Are You with The psychology of lottery and windfall?”

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