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Magic Lessons Ep. 204: “Who Gets To Decide Whether You're A Legitimate Artist?" featuring Mark Nepo

Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert

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The Last Thing an Artist Needs Is Debt

i just wanted to hold them upside down by their ankles and shake them loose of this idea that this is where they were going to learn how to be writers. And i also would like to throw in this possibility, which is that you may have been spared taking on a great deal of debt. I'm really glad you didn't do that because the last thing that an artist needs is debt. It's a real impediment in the world, right? You can be poor, you can be broken, n find being poor, but to be in debt means that you're living under a tremendous burden. Tell me if what i'm saying sounds accurate or like bulshet, it is really

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