Posts Tagged ‘being an artist’

Do you call yourself an artist?

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

3 Tips to build your confidence in calling yourself an artist

1.Surround yourself with inspiration

When you are inspired you generate ideas. Inspired ideas are messages from your spirit.
Surround yourself with things that inspire you and spark your creativity.
ie. be in nature, look at colors, touch fabrics, etc..

2. Honor your ideas

When an inspired ideas comes to you, you need to honor that idea by doing something with it.
ie. write your ideas down in your journal

3. Value your creativity

If you want to feel serious about being an artist, you need to take it seriously. Value yourself and your expression by carving out time and space for your ideas to develop and grow.

*As you implement these 3 tips you will feel more comfortable and confident calling yourself an artist!

the difference between being an artist and being a professional artist

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I was recently away at an inspirational seminar called SHINE. While I was there I was getting all kinds of insights and ideas.  This mini-video is one of the insights I received about the difference between being an artist and being a professional artist.