Artrepreneur from the Creative City Project

We default to what we know, what’s comfortable. But meaningful art flows from a place of deep connection. That requires being open to the people and experiences around us. This week, we explore 5 ways to be more open and create more meaningful creative work.

I know we want to get to the end of a creative endeavor… or the end of our lives… and consider what we’ve done “successful.” This week, we take some time to explore what “success” is and how we can set ourselves up for a long and successful creative career.

Have you ever considered the emotions you’re feeling inside when you approach the creative process? This week, we talk about the importance of noticing our emotional state in the creative process. Then some practical details to help us embrace joy over fear.

This week, Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) sold his digital art offering for $69 million as an NFT. This week, we explore some of the take-aways. What can we learn for our creative endeavors and art careers?

I love pizza. And I want to eat it everyday. But that’s probably not the best idea. Today, we talk about developing appetites that will serve us creatively and shedding appetites that don’t. Let’s get practical in the process of bringing our creative dreams to life.

5 really practical tips to get rid of some of the stress of being a creative person. This week, we talk about how changing our mindset in some key ways can release us into a great level of creative freedom.

We need to be bold in order to bring our creative dreams to life. But there’s another half, humility. When we embody these two halves, we make awesome stuff, but we also give people permission to care. This week, we explore how embodying audacity and humility will help us thrive.

There are some people in our lives that it’s realllllly tempting to try and cater to. But when we do that, we end up sacrificing our creative energy and passion. This week, we talk about some of the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. Then, we can stay focused and more forward in our creative dreams.

Often times, we attach our identity as artists and as people to the “products” we make. But when we reframe our focus on the process, everything changes for the better. Instead of approaching our work with fear, we start approaching our work with exciting. We ask, “what is going to emerge from the process?”

Sometimes, we get down on ourselves. And sometimes, all it takes is a simple word of encouragement. That’s today’s episode.