A few years ago neuroscientists put to rest the myth that we are either “right brained” or “left brained”. They found that, even though creative tasks do stimulate the right side of the brain more, that the concept of right/left brain did not give us the full picture of how our brains work and certainly [...]
Along our careers as Artists there are so many opportunities that come up, so many paths that we can take … particularly in the Business of our Art … that it can often get confusing. Wouldn’t it be great if we had a little button we could push that would give us the right answers [...]
I get asked this question a lot. My first reaction is to the word “should” – the minute I hear “should” I shudder a little – should is one of those tricky little words that we use when we think there is a right answer and we want to make sure we are doing the [...]
So often I end up in a conversation with an artist about if their Art matters. I know it does but often they don’t know that or they have lost perspective of just how much it matters. We then sometimes end up in a very circular conversation that appears like I am listening to the [...]
If you ask different artists who have built a success business out of their Art what their secret is you will get a whole array of different answers. No matter what all those secrets are … one of the biggest keys I have found, in my own businesses and those of my clients, that produces [...]
It is so easy to slide down the path of focusing on what is not working on our creative journey. The book that is not written, the painting that is not painted, the music that is not scored … the money that is not coming in, the message that is not getting delivered, the audience [...]
