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If I would like to thank someone for their work (in the context of "wow! what
a lovely sculpture! thank you for your effort/for letting us see this!" or
"thank you for writing about this subject, it's pretty obscure!"), would the
~てくれて form still be the best choice to express this? From what I know so far,
あげる/くれる/もらう are used for a pretty of personal level of giving and receiving,
but I of course don't want my thanks to imply the person created whatever they
did specifically for me (or for anyone but themselves, really!)
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Can the ~てくれてありがとう form be used to thank someone for more general actions?
If you want to thank someone you don't know personally for their work, you can
use "-していただきありがとうございます", honorifics in Japanese to express psychological
distance and respect at the same time.

This kind of honorific means to express your gratitude; "I have so much
respect for you because I can't do something so amazing like you can! You are
an amazing person in a very high place compared to me!"
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