by dustin | Jun 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Choosing to be an artist isn’t life or death. It just feels like it. The primitive part of our brain reacts to fear of embarrassment, failure, and loss as if an actual predator is attacking. Times have changed.Failure is no longer fatal.It’s an ingredient for growth....
by dustin | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
When it comes to embracing a creative identity, we believe that path is bifurcated between mega-success and devastating failure. This keeps us from pursuing creative endeavors because–honestly–both of these paths scare us. But the truth is there are many variations on...
by dustin | Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
When we say someone is “making it up as he goes,” we are usually criticizing them. But without making it up, nothing new would be created. We would only do what is proven. It would prevent growth. When your next step isn’t following someone who has gone before you,...
by dustin | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a Forbes interview, author Robert Kegan said, “Let’s be blunt: In the ordinary organization nearly everyone is doing a second job no one is paying them for — namely, hiding their weaknesses, looking good, covering their rear ends, managing other people’s favorable...
by dustin | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
As a beginner, it is a fine idea to copy from someone else.Try a Bob Ross tutorial.Follow a recipe.Play a cover song. Eventually, as you grow and learn, you can reinterpret. Modify the landscape.Try new ingredients.Add your own riff. Eventually, you’re creating...
