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
Blog
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
The Challenge to be Flexible
I’m sitting in my home in New Hampshire, it’s late October, and we are getting 6-10 inches of snow. The Floridian in me wants to weep. Actually the New Hampshire person in me wants to weep. I have my own personal rule — as long as it doesn’t snow before Thanksgiving, I can handle winter. Any sooner, and I’m not making any promises. Looks like I’m going to have to be a bit more flexible.
Stay Tuned!
April 10: The Moth Mainstage, Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
April 30: Best of The Moth, The Association of American Museums Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Quote of the Week for Oct. 24
“Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson