by Cali Bird | Dec 11, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination
If you’re a creative person you are probably familiar with the feeling of fear. Fear stops you getting on with your new piece of work. Fear stops you making the phone call that would help build your artistic network. Fear stops you doing the simplest of things, like...
by Cali Bird | Nov 22, 2018 | Being gentle, Fear and Procrastination
It is so exciting when you start a new creative project. Your juices are flowing. You can’t wait to work on it. Then you start the work. You do some more work. Now some of the initial enthusiasm has worn off. It becomes daunting. Have you even got the skill, or the...
by Cali Bird | Nov 10, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination
You have a job, a commute, family – how are you supposed to find time to establish a creative routine? You are envious of the people who don’t have to do a day job as well as do their art. It’s alright for them to preach that you have to be consistent. They don’t...
by Cali Bird | Oct 26, 2018 | Being gentle, Food for thought
I think I am a selfish person and that being creative makes you that way. One of my nasty dark fears is of other people’s needs taking me from my work. It’s not a nice way to think, but sometimes this panic goes through me. In the last couple of years my...
by Cali Bird | Sep 28, 2018 | Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
It is over 30 years since I graduated as a music student. My final year was such a painful experience that I thought I would never play again. A big chunk of the final mark was awarded to our degree recital. I was a flautist and had been preparing for the recital for...
