Burnout Is Not A Badge of Honor
Somewhere along the way, creative industries decided that exhaustion was a sign of seriousness. It isn't. Burnout doesn't just harm the person — it harms the work, quietly and in ways that are hard to measure. Here's what it actually steals, and what longevity in this field really requires.
When Nostalgia Becomes a Crutch
Nostalgia is one of the default modes of contemporary visual culture right now — and for understandable reasons. It compresses meaning, creates emotional resonance, feels safe. That's precisely what makes it dangerous when unexamined. There's a difference between nostalgia as reference and nostalgia as a reason. When the vibe is doing the thinking, the idea stops doing the work.