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“He wants to make art; his boss wants him to make product–the difference is irreconcilable.”

–from Wesley Morris’ Criterion essay on The Secret of the Grain.

I feel like this is a conflict in many industries, and in many lives. For some, compromise may be possible, though at a great internal cost, the sacrifice of ideals and identity. For others, the difference is irreconcilable.