by Cali Bird | Mar 20, 2020 | Being gentle, Food for thought
The world has changed a lot in the last few days hasn’t it? In the UK, everyone who can is working at home. We are being told not to go out and socialise. Pubs, restaurants and shops are closing. Today is the last day of school until God knows when. I had to be in...
by Cali Bird | Feb 14, 2020 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination
You want to get on with your creative work but your family are going crazy around you. Your phone seems to rule your life. You’ve just read yet another blog which is telling you that you’re doing it all wrong and you must buy a course now for instant success. If your...
by Cali Bird | Dec 20, 2019 | Creating with a day job
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you didn’t have to work? You could spend all day writing or painting. And you’d have time to do the marketing stuff so that you could actually sell your art. You wouldn’t have to cram your creative work into tiny time slots that have to fit...
by Cali Bird | Nov 11, 2019 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination
My original title for this blog was “how to turn your shit into art”. I don’t mean that literally though some artists have done this! I’m referring to the difficult stuff going on in your life. Your sick child. The big project at work. Your mother as she...
by Cali Bird | Oct 11, 2019 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
You want to get on with your your writing, your art project or your music. You see everyone else doing it. They don’t seem to suffer like you. They produce. There must be something wrong with you because you can’t. And this makes you feel even worse. You have good...
