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 8, 2016 | Fame and Success
Should you start to write, paint or learn a musical instrument as you get older? It is so easy to think that once you reach a certain age it is not worth bothering. Literary agents are only interesting in young rising talent. Apart from the Rolling Stones and all...
by Cali Bird | Nov 9, 2016 | Fame and Success, Food for thought
Do you have to be selfish to be creative? Does creativity make you selfish? Picture these two scenarios. Your friends want you to go out tonight, but you want to go home and spend another hour on your painting. They say you are a spoil sport but you just want to get...
by Cali Bird | Oct 12, 2016 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
You love making music, or writing or producing paintings or sculptures. However, you have never made any money from it so is it unethical to call yourself an artist? After all a lawyer, an accountant or a credit controller calls themselves this because that is what...
by Cali Bird | Sep 7, 2016 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success
It can be very tempting to quit your job and be a full-time writer. Just imagine, no commute, no getting up at some ungodly hour to do something you hate, no stress, no boss and no Sheila from Accounts who is so annoying. Writing can seem such an idyllic life. You’ll...
by Cali Bird | Jul 7, 2016 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Start Here
You finally got around to painting, or writing a short story. You’re pleased that you’ve done it but there’s no way you’re going to show it to anyone. It’s crap. It isn’t exactly how you wanted it to turn out but you don’t know how to fix it. You know the perspective...
