To take commission work or not take commission work … that is the question I have been facing into with several of my clients over the past couple of months. It is a personal decision. I have heard Artists debate this over and over along with the whole conversation about creating art just for themselves [...]
When I work with my clients one of the first things I have them do is create a vision for themselves, their lives and their Art 5 years in the future. When we have a vision of our future-Artist-self we can use it to determine what we need to do today in order to have [...]
I had a conversation this week with one of my clients that I had to stop midstream. That doesn’t happen often … I have space for just about anyone and anything ... we are all in these human bodies with human brains and in this human experience together. But, even I have some things I [...]
One of the basic things about us as humans is that we tell stories. We tell stories constantly to others and even to ourselves. Stories about things in our day, how we feel about things, how this or that happened … we are storytelling machines. And as much as we tell stories we also mostly [...]
Our thoughts run the show. I can’t even count how many times have I gotten on a call with an Artist who wants to expand their career, creativity, development and/or business and then, as I begin to tap into some creative opportunities, all I can hear is the thought “NO” screaming out in the background. [...]
“Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally,” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, credited as the founder of modern day Mindfulness. Most of us have tons of examples of mindlessness. It is arriving at a destination, by car, and realizing you don’t remember a darn thing about how you got [...]
