As June comes to an end, every business is faced with the midyear review. How is your creative business coming along? Have your reached half your goals for the year? What might be working or not working for you and your business? I’ve taken a moment this week to look at my finances with a [...] See the full post »
I’ve been spending a whole lot of time reading ebooks and trying to absorb helpful information. Part of my creative progress is taking the time to learn. I often shift my perspective and feel as if I’m adjusting my course to that ultimate goal. Slowly but surely. If things are NOT how you want it [...] See the full post »
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about life, purpose and passion. Whenever anyone asks me about what I want in life, I’ve always said I just want to be happy! I know, talk about shooting to the ultimate thing here. Some people scoff at the statement as it might seem so simple or perhaps too [...] See the full post »
“…what we can handle intellectually far outstrips what we can handle emotionally,” from chapter 8 of Cameron’s book…wow, the statement really struck me. I think it’s because I’ve been learning a lot about Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism. I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom and selfishness, reason and faith, life and living it. I’ve [...] See the full post »
I have written about and proclaimed my word of the year as focus, then revisited the topic…but now I’m rethinking it again. When I first decided that I needed to concentrate and focus, especially this year, I had the perspective of cutting down on my responsibilities. Perhaps I’m in the exploratory stage and just haven’t found my [...] See the full post »
Many blog for the joy of sharing and writing, but when it comes to your creative business, your blog is an important marketing tool. Ultimately, you need to get in front of people’s eyes, so the right people can find you and fall in love with you. Great products, services and content keep people coming [...] See the full post »
Are there distinct differences between drawing, doodling and illustrating? I suppose if you go by the official definitions, drawing seems to be the over encompassing description of making a picture or diagram of something. Then you have doodling for when there is no apparent goal in mind versus illustrating when you are creating a picture [...] See the full post »
Lately I’ve been talking a lot about painting loose…and also trying to do so. It’s something I really want to learn and I suppose it has a lot to do with drooling over artists I admire that paint so freely and beautifully. I feel like that is what painting could be for me. Bold strokes, [...] See the full post »
I’ve always grown up with dogs in our household, but being the youngest – it was never my full responsibility to care for them. So it was a different kind of relationship. Now my husband and I have our own little furball, Vash the Stampede! And now I really know how it feels…the love…my furry [...] See the full post »
Although I am really enjoying reading through The Artist’s Way, I must admit first that my mind has been occupied by other projects. I’m definitely in the mode of doing things…so many things that I want to accomplish. But I’m determined to stick to the weekly chapter habit. The seventh chapter of this book is about [...] See the full post »
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