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The Artist in the Machine: Part I

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Ben Wakeman
Apr 03, 2025
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This is the first part in a three-part series of essays on a theme that is as personal to me as I think it is universal. How do you survive as an artist in a society where commercial success is all that matters? In these posts I’ll attempt to share an honest account of my successes and failures and more importantly what I’ve learned in forty years navig…

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