Today we’re talking about something that keeps a lot of artists up at night. And that’s the question of sharing their work with other people.

Do you HAVE to share your work with other people? Is it okay to keep your art and your artistic life private? And which is better? 

If you choose NOT to share your work with the world, is it still real art? Or do you need to have a dialogue going with the greater subculture to qualify as a true artist?

We’re going to be unpacking all that and more in today’s episode of the Living as a Musician Podcast, “Do You HAVE to Share Your Art?”.

In this episode I’ll cover

• The highly important role the subconscious plays in the artistic process
• Why it’s important to “make it personal” when it comes to your artistic path–no matter what you decide about sharing your work
• How to know if what you’re making is real art–and how that’s measured by psychologists
• How art is inherently experiential–and the critical role of the other in that experience
• How to know when you’ve had enough training in the arts
• How to guard against “getting messed with” in the arts
• Why it’s important to stay grounded as an artist, and what that looks like
• The #1 thing that will poison your own personal relationship with your art 

XO,

Julia Lucille

P.S. Have you checked out my FREE workshop, “Your Artistic Lifecycle”? In this workshop we unpack the artist's lifecycle, from birth to death–from childhood, to the artistic initiation phase, training, and finally into domain manipulation, creating your body of work and submitting it to the greater culture in the hopes of making a meaningful cultural contribution. Along the way we'll tackle what makes a person a "real artist" (the answer might surprise you) and how artists who succeed in making a cultural contribution live their lives out. Once you have a roadmap… 1) You know where you are on it. 2) You have clarity about what to focus on right now. 3) You know where you're headed next. Ready to get started? Go to julialucille.com/lifecycle.