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Does the idea of the starving artist help or hurt artists?

Since the launch of our podcast Art Bound, weve been continuing the real talk after hours with the Artists Network community on our Join the Conversation page, in the Artists Weekly newsletter, and on social media. We recently continued the discussion sparked by Art Bound Episode 2: The Myth of the Starving Artist when we asked you how you whether the "starving artist" stereotype helps or hurts artists.

Stereotypes. Are they always harmful? I'm here to say yes, they are. Some blanket generalizations about…