HELP! I AM ARTIST

The role of the artist has been at the heart of many heated debates and marvellous misconceptions. One would argue the artist a madman and the other a genius.

In this podcast you will get answers to these questions:

• Is there a connection between the way your grandmother thinks about art and the ancients Greeks?
• Did Mozart have divine skills or did he have to sweat bullets in order to compose his concertos?
• Why chaos broke out in Rome when Michelangelo revealed his' The Last Judgement'?
• Why artists left the confines of their studios and went to study at art academies?
• Why no genius's could ever come from Belgium or The Netherlands?
• What happened on 26 June 1988?
• If the answers to these questions will help you make better art?

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Maybe you have asked yourself this question?

Does art really matter?

In this podcast I share stories of how art and art education is changing lives, neighbourhood's and even nations.

Art is more important than we can suspect and removing art from our school curriculum is more detrimental than we think.

As an artist you have the ability to transport the viewer beyond the ordinary and the mundane and show them a world through new eyes.

If we learn to slow down long enough to see, to see beyond the surface of the ordinary and learn to cast our vision into powerful art, we can not only impact our audiences but even change our world.

Do you find it difficult to express your 'true' self?

Do you find it hard to feel good about your art?

Do you struggle to find a steady flow in your creativity?

Chances are you are battling perfectionism.

Perfectionism is one the biggest reasons we experience creatives blocks!

Find out why we pursue perfectionism and the steps we can take to overcome it.

It is not like we come out of the womb with a label saying, ARTIST! It takes some discerning, dissecting and discovering to answer this question. In this podcast I share that the distance between being an artist and not being an artist is 30 cm (12 inches). It is the distance between your head and your heart.

In this episode I help creatives recognize and acknowledge their artist heart. Download this free worksheet that will help you detect the creative blocks keeping you from pursuing your creative dream.

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In this episode artist and podcast host, Sonja Smalheer, tells us her personal story about how art has impacted her life.

She shares how winning an art competition, living with the Navajo Indians and the struggles she experienced during apartheid were all defining moments that catapulted her art career.

She talks about how her love for art took her 6000 km north, from Cape Town, South Africa to The Netherlands where she now works and teaches other artists how to create with confidence, work with impact and understand the business of art.

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