by admin-eric | Jun 29, 2018 | Fine Arts America
There are many diverse and complicated ways in which early trauma, recent trauma, and ongoing trauma affect your ability to create, influence your subject matter choices, and make living the creative life that much more difficult. I am currently researching the...
by admin-eric | Jun 22, 2018 | Fine Arts America
Is it discipline or is it devotion? Or is it both! “People think I am disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.” — Luciano Pavarotti “I had what it takes to make a good artist: sensitivity and tremendous...
by admin-eric | Jun 15, 2018 | Fine Arts America
Here are the concluding four tips on how to prove the exception. Enjoy! 7. Become really available You could act as if relating in the marketplace is a tremendously burdensome thing and make yourself only grudgingly available—for meetings, for interviews, for audience...
by admin-eric | Jun 8, 2018 | Fine Arts America
In a past post I provided three tips for proving the exception as an artist. In this post, I’ll provide three more and next week I’ll conclude with a last four. Proving the exception is vital: I hope these tips help point the way! 4. Step into the shoes of “someone...
by admin-eric | Jun 1, 2018 | Fine Arts America
Boredom is a serious psychological and existential problem for many people and an especially serious problem for creatives in recovery. If you’re creative, you’re likely to find boredom unbearable. That dreadful feeling is a trigger for using drugs or alcohol or...
by admin-eric | May 26, 2018 | Fine Arts America
Most artists experience fewer marketplace opportunities than they want or need. When one of those precious few opportunities nets little or nothing, the pain is tremendous. How can you deal with the reality that even marketed, promoted, and hyped events may produce...
