The Metaphor Mindset

Art does change the world and you are one of those flames. You are the fuel for your own art and art is your fuel. 

The world inspires us and we transform those ideas and concepts and images into something new, which then creates more beauty in the world and more ideas and more thoughts and more change. 

Complete show notes and transcript at https://www.metaphormindset.com/26-your-creative-spark

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

• Negative and Positive Space help to define shapes and focus in art - and life.
  

The shape of your goals, career and business is created by the decisions you make - The constraints or freedoms you choose, and what you do and don't do.

Mostly we look at Positive Space - the shape we are creating. But … looking at the negative space gives us a new perspective on any situation, from art, to sales, to our vision for the future.

To see the art images from this episode, and learn more about Metaphor Mindset Studio, visit 

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Find more about how you can gain more confidence in business through one-on-one coaching in my program, Metaphor Mindset Studio at shannonborg.com

 Seeds hold profound symbolism and are often associated with concepts of growth, potential, and new beginnings.

Inside every hard shell - including the one on our shoulders - is a world of knowledge that can guide you in your creative entrepreneurship, but sometimes you just need a little guidance.

In this episode, art and business coach Shannon Borg talks about the symbolism of seeds, and about the art of Ai WeiWei, the Chinese activist artist who made an exhibit with 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds.

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

Thoughts are SEEDS that grow into Feelings, Actions, and Results.

What are your thoughts about your art? Do these thoughts help you make more work? Or keep you from creating?

Art Thoughts, Business Thoughts: Any thoughts you can have about your art, you can ALSO have about your business. You can love your business as much as you love your art by making a decision to cultivate thoughts that help you get there.

Read the full show notes and see images at:https://www.shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/24-seeds-of-your-creative-business

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

Landscapes are the place of personal mythology

Inner to Outer: Sand Play, the Beach, the Desert

The Inner Journey often begins in real places, translated and transformed into art through the artist’s creative process to inner places.

Find complete show notes at shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/23-beach-desert

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

Brene Brown’s challenge to “Enter the Arena”

The Roman Arena = The Place of Sand

Inner to Outer: Sand Play, The Beach, The Desert

Find full show notes at:

www.shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/22-in-the-arena-of-sand

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

History of the Artists’ Studio Tour

The Studio is the Mind

Visit me on the San Juan Island Artists’ Studio Tour

See full show notes, artist studio images, and more at: 

https://www.shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/21-studio-tour

On Mother's Day, let's talk about baby steps. And breakthroughs. One usually precedes the other - but sometimes they work back and forth, from baby steps to breakthrough and back, in a continual process of growth.

Find images and show notes at: https://www.shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/20-baby-steps-breakthroughs

In this episode I talk about the Feather of Truth from the story and many sculptures and narrative images of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Maat, who wore a beautiful ostrich feather on her head, representing truth, justice and cosmic harmony. Learn how this metaphor helps us think about balancing our thoughts from different parts of our lives, including art and business.

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

What are your thoughts about your art?

What are your thoughts about business?

Any thoughts you can have about your art, you can have about your business.

Rosa Bonheur hung out with Wild Bill Cody, and got a special permit to wear trousers. She was truly a horse of a different color.

Big 3 Ideas from this episode:

Recap: Plato’s Allegory of the Soul : The “soul” is a chariot driven by a charioteer (Reason), drawn by two horses - let’s call them Yin (dark) and Yang (light).

Rosa Bonheur’s “The Horse Fair” painting is a beautiful example of how the love of a subject can drive a successful career.

The Creative Process may change colors like one of the horses from The Wizard of Oz wearing a mood ring. But you are still the one driving the chariot. and the horse is still doing its best for you. Enjoy the ride and the colorful show and honor it for yourself.

Are you “White Horsing it” in your art or business?

This episode returns to Plato's Allegory of the soul, with its charioteer managing two horses - a wild one, and a noble one. We need both horses - both sides of ourselves to get there. 

See full show notes at: metaphormindset.com