botanical studies of internet magic

08. make art for no audience


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this episode is all about deconstructing and letting go of the pressure to “build an audience.” I’ll disentangle the practice of being an artist — from the byproduct of having an audience — and share how finding freedom from that pressure creates a well of personal power (and paradoxically, will magnetize your audience). we'll explore:

  • three sources of pressure: (1) artist recognition as legitimacy (2) the digital age of visibility (3) the inner artist child
  • a core guiding question to distill your commitment to your art
  • the practice of power as seeing yourself — and the other
  • reframing the audience as witness & travel companion to your journey

  • additional resources:

    build a world, not an audience

    the obscurus as a wounded artist child



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