The last post on this subject closed with a description of the process but to really make it work we need to look at it as artists. To do so we are going to have another conversation with our friend Sarah who has been struggling to make a living with her art. ” So Sarah, you look particularly discouraged today, what’s up?” ” Well, I just feel forever stuck in a rut of never making enough from my art to support myself.” she said. ” I can’t figure it … [Read more...]

Have you ever wondered how you could steer more buyers your way as they flood into the streets the first morning of a show or how you can get more buyers into your gallery show? More importantly I am sure many of you have wondered, just like me, what drives that mob to roost, what causes them to choose one artist over another? The traditional method of drawing buyers has been to stand out in the crowd, to be obviously different than your competition. As working artists we thought it made … [Read more...]

The last part of this discussion ended by pointing out that the two most common ways of ridding ourselves of ANTS (automatic negative thoughts)  through shear  will power will just make them more powerful and likewise denial will also cause them to take over our lives. However, there is hope and there is a way… A while back I learned about  my ANTS by using a very simple tool developed by Byron Katie. She had been struggling with almost a decade long bout of depression … [Read more...]