Originally published July 2025 on Medium.
This essay is a quiet rebellion against the pressure to commodify every act of creation. It names the exhaustion of turning sketches into products, moments into marketing, and art into proof of worth. It’s a reflection on what gets lost when creativity is always asked to perform—and what begins to return when we let it breathe.
What if making is enough, even when it doesn’t earn or impress?
Read it here: I Was Told to Monetize Every Sketch—What I’m Unlearning About Creativity