The 20th century could be considered the rise of Corporate Creators.

From Record labels to Book publishers, Movies to TV.

The cost of creation was so great that people could not engage with any of these creative mediums. And when they did, they could end up with so much debt when creating an album that they would never see any royalties from their work.

Take Return Of The Jedi; it cost $32 million to make but has grossed something like $900 million, not including toys. Yet, according to the film studio, it has never made a profit, so the actors have never received residuals.
This is the power of creative accounting in Hollywood. But is not limited to Hollywood. Once an author turns over their manuscript, they no longer own it; the copyright goes to the publishing house. The same is true for the music industry. Once a band or singer hands over the master tapes for their album, it is no longer theirs. Many artists only make money from concerts, and they have to buy their own CDs to sell them on the road. Not that people buy CDs anymore.

Consume

We have been conditioned to be consumers, which is often as a sedentary consumer. At least if you go to a concert, you might get up and dance with others.

Almost everything we do and believe is downstream from our entertainment. What we believe is shaped by what we watch, listen to and read. Our political land social points of view and ideas are molded by our entertainment, from Duffus fathers and husbands on sitcoms to the gender spectrum in our movies to historical deconstruction in our books.

We need to consume with our filters on and not be afraid to walk out of a movie, turn off Netflix or close the book.

Curate

Most people think they can not create because schools and big media have educated them to believe this.

Many creators are looking for proofreaders, reviewers, critics, and others that will help curate their work.

Put yourself other there to help others.

Create

 No creator made it on their first attempt.

All authors faced mountains of rejection slips.
Singers had to start singing for nothing or just a free meal.

Failure is the best teacher for success, don’t let rejection be a reason to stop. You may have just found a way not to do things. Or even an arena of publishers that you would NOT want to use.

A writer never stops writing.
A singer never stops singing.
A musician never stops playing.
Creators never stop creating.
A welder never stops welding.
And a quilter never stops sewing.