Artist development, empowerment, and support in the digital and real worlds. Conversations with you and other artists finding their voice.
All of these good intentions and thought out notes to you aside, I do want to define where these thoughts are coming from: I am a fantastically flawed, imperfect, reactive, and sensitive person who has sacrificed a lot to feel right about my world. I've rebelled against a safe, conservative script, never settling down and... Continue Reading →
This is not a how-to guide, a sharing of best practices designed to get your artistic career and life to work like anyone else’s. It’s not a philosophy or a collection of quotes. This is an ongoing conversation, a series of love letters to the artist at the core of it all, because the creative... Continue Reading →
Talent alone is an amazing gift, an extension of your vocabulary to express more than can be described in simple conversation alone. It is one of the hardest things to attach purpose to, if you don’t already know what you want to say or do with it. Once you discover you have talent for something,... Continue Reading →
I had an incident the other day (and by incident, I mean that I was the only one who was uncomfortable) where I was in a conversation about plans for entertainment in an upcoming venue. When I shared a few ideas, one of the people in the conversation cut me off with her reaction, saying... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest cautionary tales you’ll see out there is the artist who thinks that talent and good looks alone will lead to a long life of opportunity, money, and fame. That’s not artistry, that’s just a need for attention and notoriety. Until social media and cell phone technology became the great equalizers, all... Continue Reading →
It’s sometimes a maddening thought that even when we see ourselves in a mirror, we don’t accurately see ourselves the way others see us. We love to say that we’re our own worst critics, always so because we strive for acceptance from somewhere. Where does that need come from? Does it come from our parents... Continue Reading →
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