Are you a perfectionist? Do you find yourself holding back, not doing things, because you know they’ll never be as good as you wish? There’s a better way! Listen to find out what life is like on the other side.
Melissa makes a fool of herself! In this episode I riff on two stories of somewhat humbling recent experiences that have everything to do with the gap we always feel between what we’re capable of, and what we want to create. And the secret to getting from the former to the latter.
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A couple of times a year I co-host a series of live, streaming video chats on how to change the game for artists, with Cory Huff, my business partner over at ArtEmpowers.Me and the Creative Insurgents podcast.
These public conversations are part of our mission to help bust the “starving artist” mindset, and a fun way to spread the word about our online course and community for artists at the beginning stages of building an art business, ArtEmpowers.Me.
In one of these video chats, Cory details the five things every artist needs to sell their art online, starting with #1: [Read more…]
I have a new goodie for you! Over the past week I’ve been hard at work on artwork for my Imperfectionist Manifesto. I just made it available as a poster in different color options over at my Zazzle shop (and I’ll soon send my subscribers a link to get a free, printable PDF, along with the PDF of my Keys to Creative Flow).
There’s a story behind this artwork, though, both the creation of it, and the sharing of it — a story that includes being bashed on my own Facebook page. I learned a lot from this experience, and it felt important for me to share what I learned, so you can benefit from it, too. [Read more…]
