Logan Maxwell Hagege's Take on Social Media

In this video, painter Logan Maxwell Hagege reflects on social media’s influence on young artists—and the subtle danger of mistaking engagement for genuine artistic progress. Likes, comments, and algorithmic approval can create a false sense of feedback, rewarding familiarity over risk and speed over depth. Hagege discusses how this cycle can quietly stunt an artist’s growth, pulling them away from experimentation, failure, and the long process required to develop an original voice. This conversation isn’t anti-technologyit’s a reminder that true artistic evolution often happens off-screen, away from instant validation, in solitude, discipline, and sustained practice.