Tag: self help
Top Artist Residencies Around the World
It’s good to get away. For all of us, a change of scene can mean the difference between remaining productive and sinking into the...
How to Connect with a Curator
If you’ve been following these writings for a while, you know that I sometimes post about top curators in the art world. That’s all...
The Art World is a Mafia, You Can’t Break In, unless…
Everyone has days when it feels like the whole world is against them. Sometimes it seems like, no matter what you do, you just...
Conquering Fear
Pema Chodron said, “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over again to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us...
The Need for Delusion
We have discussed confidence a great deal in this blog. Every creative individual must possess some level of confidence in order to simply put...
Conversational Tactics at Openings
You’ve made it. You are standing in a gallery, people mingling around you. Maybe you’re clutching a glass of wine or lingering by the...
How to Find and Apply for a Grant
As an artist, steady income can be something of an issue particularly early on in your career. Grants are also a significant source of...
Ego 101: The Eastern Take on Letting Go
In her book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, author and American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron writes, ”To be fully alive,...
Art and Money Don’t Mix: Examining Myths About Making Money as...
It’s a fact about all of us on this great big blue marble, we gotta eat. Not only that, we need a roof over...
The Trap of Self-Esteem and how to Break Free
“Build your self-esteem by not thinking about it.” So tweeted Yoko Ono recently and it got me thinking about the trap of confidence and...