'Artists want to be original… They don't want to be asked to design "rip-off's" of other people's work. Artists can be easily offended if asked to "improve" upon someone else's work.'

It would be hard for me to hire someone like this. If one wants to work, a client's requirements supplant everything. If one is difficult, one is unlikely to be hired again, and word of it will circulate too.

Her own words sum it up. It's like she prefers to cathartically vent her suppressed contempt for client work via blog posts, replete with egregiously deployed scare quotes rather than make a living.

Vis-à-vis lack of communication with a client, I feel that it is the designer's place as a professional to set communication expectations. Clients are not nearly as familiar with the design process as a professional designer, they are unaware of the creative process, and what is required/expected of them. On the same token, if I'm paying for a designer's services I don't expect to be holding hands all day.