December 2011
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“The more I look around me, the more I see things in terms of legend. I see...”
– me
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Art :: Dreams :: And the Making of a Personal...
I sat down with a small notebook. Pen in hand.
I tried to clear my mind. And just let my heart make the pen move (actually, I used pencil cause I knew I’d want to erase). Nothing was coming.
I wanted so much to get the hurt out of me. The pain had manifested in anger, in destruction (hurling chunks of concrete on deserted road on top of a mountain). I wanted the pain to manifest in...
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INSPIRE ME : Learning and Leaning into Your...
“So, art is almost like - your mission in life … “
“Yes! There is nothing else. Art is ME!”
When Robyn said this I knew I was in the presence of passion. I love being with passionate humans. And as our conversation continued, I learned , and I think she did too, that her passion is rooted in compassion.
We were again indirectly talking about identity.
Robyn is very talented. She...
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Come Back When You Find Yourself. The Real Meaning...
Yesterday, I met with an artist and entrepreneur to interview her on the topic of identity. I had several intentionally framed questions for her.
We didn’t get to any of them, but discussed thoroughly the topic of identity, just like I’d intended.
It was a great interview.
A project of her’s is named Do What You Love Love What You Do, and that is indeed thedream isn’t it?
The thing most...
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Online Soul Mates and a Target Market Named...
When I clicked the link that landed me on TMF Project, I didn’t know I would find a sort of soul mate.
I was intrigued by what I had seen and now I was reading this girl’s heart in her words. And the things her heart was saying sounded very familiar, like she was getting into my head or something.
Only, my own head is a bitch to follow. Her’s wasn’t.
She was making perfect sense.
After a...
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What Makes Building an Art Business Unique ? OR,...
Yesterday, I wrote about why I’m creating a magazine for local artists and their businesses.
Today, I’m writing about why you need such a resource (assuming you’re in the local artistcategory).
The question I’m asking is …
What makes an art based business a unique entrepreneurial endeavor compared with othersmall businesses?
Response :
1. People are unaware of their need for...
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Why I'm Starting a Magazine Devoted to Local...
Before I write a post, I like to ask myself a direct question. And let my answer shape the post.
My question today :
What is it about local artists that inspire me, compel me, to dig into their communities and write about it?
I think the answer is three-fold for me.
On the one side, there’s the dream. The dream of building a life doing what you love.
I’ve thought about this...
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What Shipping Means to Me. And, Why I Said Fuck in...
I’m feeling frustrated.
An artist fucking ships. What does this mean to me?
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The artist who ships knows the thing she’s making can’t do anyone any good if it never reaches their hands.
She knows that if she lets herself get in the way too much, it will ruin everything. If she gives in to the defeating thoughts, the weary emotions, the self-criticism. Instead of revamping...
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Fucking Ship! Steve Jobs' Advice for Your Art Biz
Steve was an artist way before anything else. You can tell by listening to him speak and describe not only a product but the craftsmanship involved in making the product.
He simply couldn’t conceive of creating something that didn’t solve a problem in the best possible way. To him, the art was in the solution - in the control - the problem solving.
If engineering artists weren’t coming up...
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Just launched my Kickstarter project bitches!... →
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The Backstory. Or, How I Came to Run and Online...
I was digging into my soul. As far as I could reach - searching, groping, trying to find something to grab onto that wouldn’t slip through my fingers.
Up to this point, I’d tried lots of things, but found nothing that stuck, nothing that demanded my passion so much that I didn’t have to constantly muster up the enthusiasm to care.
I never thought it would be this hard.
I never thought...
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A New Direction :: WANDEROUND is Getting Prepped...
Wanderound is taking a new direction.
Rephrase :
Wanderound is reclaiming it’s direction.
As a service for artists. Artists who need to reclaim their direction.
I will be posting a series this week on what it means to be an artist in 2012.
Then, next week, I will post a series about how to become focused and motivated to let your art lead the way into 2012.
In January,...
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