To be an artist requires one simple, yet incredibly brave thing.
We must be our authentic self.
That’s it.
There is a obscenely low number of artists in our world.
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To be an artist requires one simple, yet incredibly brave thing
Tag: Art
If you are going to be trapped, pick the one that lights your fire
On the plane yesterday an epiphany. A short 30-minute flight, and a headache, from Buffalo to Detroit. No ambition to squeeze in work, not even to read a few more pages of Malcolm Gladwell’s new book.
We talked most of the flight. She’s been in sales with the same company, traveling every week of the year (Monday through Thursday night) and hates it. But she’s trapped – there is nowhere she can go and make the kind of money she makes.
Without thinking, shared my philosophy about work and purpose and money.
In the process realized that excelling at your current job will never earn remarkable salary increases.
That happens only by climbing the ladder.
If you are going to be trapped, pick the one that lights your fire.
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What is art and do you do it everyday?
What is art and do you do it everyday?
Art is doing what you do remarkably well.
Everyday?
How can we not?
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Same old same old could be the best indication you are becoming a great artist
Same old same old could be the best indication you are becoming a great artist.
Two days ago the client said the content delivery was the best she’s ever seen.
When these kinds of comments seem to follow wherever we go, we are becoming something remarkable.
Because we rarely remark when things are simply satisfactory.
Remarks predictably start flying when it’s awful or when it’s amazing.
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The glamour is in the art the artist creates
Ain’t much glamour on the road, even though from a distance it seems so.
The glamour is in the art the artist creates.
Whether it be the ballroom set up, the menu, the stage, the agenda, or even the very simple act of noticing the time of day upon returning home – and pausing to appreciate it’s artful simplicity.
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