Cultural and systemic critiques of art, capitalism, and the myth of productivity. A slow dismantling of the machine that taught us our worth was in our output.
Exploring what it really means to ‘finish’ a piece of art, our relationship to our work, and why the last mark isn’t inherently more legitimate than the first. Reorienting towards iteration and discovery and away from the manufactured requirement for output to open to new possibilities.
Investigating assumptions around the term ‘bad art’ from a culture-critical lens, reflecting on why I chose the word ‘bad’, and defining Bad Art and who it is for.
We are taught that unfinished creative work is shameful, useless, or worthless — but this belief is manufactured by oppressive cultural systems, not by truth. This post opens an exploration of this myth from many angles.
We didn’t invent our ideas of “good art” — we inherited them from colonial, capitalist systems that gatekeep beauty and creativity. This piece unpacks how “bad art” becomes a form of resistance: a way to unlearn the rules, reclaim intuition, and make art that serves you, not the hierarchy.
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When perfectionism meets productivity culture, creativity gets crushed. This post explores how making “bad art”—that is art that rejects polish, productivity, and external validation—can help you reconnect with your creative freedom, rebuild self-trust, and rediscover joy in the process of making.
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