<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A word can carry a hidden economic instruction.... > A word can carry a hidden economic instruction. “Starving artist” does more than describe hardship; repeated as destiny, it can lower expectations, normalize exploitation, and make sustainable creative enterprise feel morally suspicious. **Source:** [[livestreams/Imagination, Possibility, and the Refusal to Give Up - Workbook|Imagination, Possibility, and the Refusal to Give Up]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A word can carry a hidden economic instruction. “Starving artist” does more than describe hardship; repeated as destiny, it can lower expectations, normalize exploitation, and make sustainable creative enterprise feel morally suspicious.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-word-carry-hidden-feel-morally-suspicious ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->