Category Archives: Interviews + Guests

It’s Not About You [Guest post]

I wrote in my earlier guest post, “It’s All About You,” that the key to creative freedom is to disregard external motivations and listen only to what you want. That’s true, but it’s only part of the picture; it’s only the first step. The next step is to forget about what you want — not […]

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It’s All About You [Guest post]

One of the hardest things for me, in my writing and my art (and heck, in my life, too!), has been learning to create for myself and no one else. This doesn’t mean ignoring other people’s intelligent critiques, or charging stubbornly ahead with my own agendas when no one else will cooperate. But it does […]

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Art without sales is practice [Guest post]

Editor’s note: Please welcome our newest guest blogger, John Rorer. John brings a wide variety of professional knowledge and experience to the table. He will be periodically blogging on topics including accounting, bookkeeping and sales. If you have questions related to these topics, please let me know in the comments below. Cheers! There’s an old […]

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Tools for contemplation and reconnection [Guest post]

There has been no greater gift that has come into my life than connecting with my inner artist.  When I discovered my personal joy in photography, it didn’t stop there; revelations of who I am and where my inspiration comes from continued to flood in.  Inspiration flows when we can operate from a space of […]

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Artists, empower yourselves [Guest post]

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Yvonne Lozano. Artists need to empower themselves and not be so much at the mercy of others. It’s a hard position to be in, because a big part about being a successful artist is having the masses approve, like, and want to buy our work, but I […]

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