by Cali Bird | Feb 22, 2017 | Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination
Are you waiting to be noticed? Are you waiting to be invited to speak at a show that is on your list of goals? Are you waiting for a publisher to phone you because they want to make your blog into a book? Are you waiting to be invited to play a gig at a celebrated...
by Cali Bird | Feb 8, 2017 | Food for thought
Apologies for the mournful subject matter. I figured that if I was pondering this question then other people might be too. It has been a grim few months. It seems that everything in the world is de-stabilising. Nationalism is growing. President Trump is acting like a...
by Cali Bird | Jan 25, 2017 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Food for thought
You’re not sure how to journal and whether you should be doing it. You’ve read that other people journal and say it is a good way to come up with creative ideas. Julia Cameron in the book, The Artist’s Way says that you must do it every day, three pages long hand. But...
by Cali Bird | Jan 12, 2017 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Start Here
You loved making art, you were good at it but you haven’t done it in a long time. Now you don’t know how to return to it and be an artist again. Your life has changed since then. Maybe you have children or parents that are growing older and need your help. You had to...
by Cali Bird | Dec 21, 2016 | Being gentle, Food for thought
Does your creativity make a difference to the world or are you just being self-indulgent? When you are a creative person it is easy to get precious and self-absorbed about your art. It is something that you pour your life and soul into and feel that you simply must do...
