“The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Quote of the Week for Nov. 21
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” — Agnes de Mille
Quote of the Week for November 14
“Do not fear mistakes — there are none.” — Miles Davis
Working Through The Fear
Last week, I was struggling with what a friend of mine calls a “doom loop.” For the uninitiated (lucky you), a doom loop is fear gone wild, usually prompted by a minor setback combined with sheer exhaustion, and looks like this: Through very imaginative yet destructive trains of thought, you convince yourself that your decision to go against the norm and follow your own desires (e.g., be an artist, go back to school, stand up to your boss) was a foolish, disastrous mistake and you will now be left alone and penniless. Serves you right. [Read more…] about Working Through The Fear
Tackling Twitter
If you’re an artist, you’re a small business. You’re the CEO, the accountant, the product developer, and the director of marketing (just to name a few titles). I’m pretty good at marketing. Before I became an artist, I was in public relations for a number of years and worked as a communications consultant, but that was long before social media arrived on the scene. Back then, if you wanted to distribute information, you wrote a press release, put it in a stamped envelope, and actually mailed it. These days, I’m trying to tackle Twitter. [Read more…] about Tackling Twitter