by Cali Bird | May 11, 2020 | Being gentle, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination
How do you know when a piece of work is finished? When should you make it public? Do you have to make everything public? I wrote this blog because we have a tendency to hoard our work. It is hard to release and let people pass their opinions on it. What if they like...
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 | 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...
by Cali Bird | Sep 12, 2019 | Being gentle, Food for thought
It can be so frustrating when you can’t go as fast as you want to. Maybe you are comparing yourself to other artists and they seem to produce more work than you. Perhaps they seem to have more success in selling their work. You want to be faster, better. You...
by Cali Bird | Aug 9, 2019 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
It was the 24th August 1999 in New York City. I was earning more money than God but I was bored and unfulfilled. It was a good time to be in the technology sector. There was a lot of money sloshing about. My daily rate was very healthy but my mind wasn’t. My life...
