The Metaphor Mindset

What are the roles artists need in a business to help it thrive?

The 4 “Hats” we wear are:

The Creator Hat

The Leader Hat

The Operator Hat

The Promoter Hat

Take the “What is Your Artistic Archetype?” Quiz

Take the Free mini-course: The 4 Hats of Artists in Business, and get the free 4-Hats Business Assessment (PDF) at www.shannonborg.com/4-hats

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.

Have you ever noticed that every teacher who wants to help people grow and set goals uses the idea of steps, a stairway, a path forward?

I want to explore this idea today to understand why we are so intrigued and motivated by steps, and look at what it means for artists - especially as you set goals and think about your business, your future, and your art.

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.

Let’s talk about making decisions! 

This is important because the more awareness we have around our decisions the more success and growth.

We all make decisions all day everyday. 

No wonder we’re exhausted….

Blue or black? Canvas or panel? Oil or acrylic, light or dark? 

Paper or plastic!

Most of the time we don’t even know we are making decisions, and this is the way it should be. 

Our brain don’t like confusion, so whenever we can just do things the easy way, the obvious way, the way that is already grooved into our psyche and mind space, that is what we do. 

Our brains love certainty and pattern and order.

But we also need stimulations, learning, creativity.

We need both - flow and order. Order AND Flow.

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.

Why do you make art? For most, it is because of how it makes us feel. Obvious? There may be more to it. In this episode I start out with a quote from David Lynch about his creative process; so inspiring it is to all artists who are looking to make something truly unique.

3 Pillars of a Creative Life:

1. Create an Atmosphere (this episode);

2. Make Decisions (next time); and

3. Walk the Path (upcoming)

Create an atmosphere in your brain, your studio, your business - of creativity, positivity, and support

James McNeill Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold was ahead of its time, an abstraction of a night scene on the river, but more than that, it captured a feeling of London during the late 1870s, of melancholy and beauty, color and light.

How do you create the atmosphere in your mind, your studio - and your business - that you want to create. Isn't this why we make art, after all? When you can do this as an artist, you've started on the path of understanding the power of art to transform emotions and lives.

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.

We think, write and paint in metaphor.

What is this magical ability, and why don’t we even realize it is happening in us all the time?

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.

In Episode 1: The Setup, I explore how Claude Monet created his series of paintings of the Rouen Cathedral, and how we can set up our minds, our studios, and our creative businesses for success.

A podcast for artists, writers, makers, and thinkers who want to love their creative businesses as much as they love their art.

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Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.shannonborg.com/metaphor-mindset-podcast/the-setup 

A podcast for artists, writers, makers, and thinkers who want to love their creative businesses as much as they love their art.

Each week, artist and art & business coach Shannon Borg explores an idea that relates both to art and to business.

By making these connections, Borg helps her artist clients discover more unique and innovative ways to nurture both their creative process and their entrepreneurial ventures.

Find full show notes at https://www.metaphormindset.com.