Giang Pham, from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, works as a social media manager, but her passion for handmade art is what colors her life. She finds joy in creation and makes wallets, drawings and keychains for her friends. But Pham chooses to keep her passions and career separate.
Pham says if she were to sell her art, business responsibilities like marketing, repeatedly creating and shipping her products remove the joy that fuels her passion in the first place. Separating work from art also allows her creative outlet to be a form of pure self expression.
"I need an outlet to let everything out and without anyone judging, without anyone at work telling me it's good enough," Pham says....
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