by Cali Bird | Dec 17, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination
For some time now you have thought getting started on a creative project. Perhaps you figure it’s time to write that memoir, make a sculpture or learn a musical instrument. You’d love to be creative but you really don’t know where to start. You haven’t got a clue. I...
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 | 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...
by Cali Bird | Jul 12, 2018 | Being gentle, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
Why do we want our work to be perfect? How is this quest for perfection working out for us? Why do we expect our work to be good, particularly if we are new to our craft? Perfection can stop you creating, make you throw your work in the trash and tells you that you...
