Creators must withdraw from exposure to make lasting culture

Evidence

Those who want to create something lasting must resist the pull of instant exposure and early buyouts. We need creators to disappear into their own worlds for a while, developing ideas away from corporate influence and mainstream assimilation. Not everyone will have the discipline to do this—but those who do will shape the future of culture. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 868

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is the prescriptive core of the book’s conclusion — how does this reconcile with subcultures needing social distance AND being driven by community?
• XREF: connects to: Deferred ‘exposure’ and visibility pay most aspirational content creators poorly — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love:…, 11; Being artistically ahead of one’s time does not pay — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 223