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How to Know What You Want in Your Art (and Your Life) [182]

Oct 25, 2022

53:22

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Having Choice in Life Is a Luxury

02:53

Pay Attention to the Things You Don't Want

03:17

Is There Something in Here Which Comes Back to Art and Bigger Decisions?

01:58

Introduction

2min

I'm Not Going Anywhere.

2min

How I'm Responding to Things Differently This Month

2min

You Can Be a Six Figure Artist - I Hate That Phrase

4min

Do You Want a Functioning Government?

2min

Do I Want a Six Figure Up Business?

2min

Is It Okay to Want Something for Your Art?

3min

Is There Something I Like About Grace and Perry?

4min

Having Choice in Life Is a Luxury

3min

10.

Is There Something in Here Which Comes Back to Art and Bigger Decisions?

2min

11.

What if You Don't Know What You Want?

2min

12.

What's the Next Step in Painting?

2min

13.

Pay Attention to the Things You Don't Want

3min

14.

The Third Question Is What's Underneath This?

2min

15.

I Don't Want to Be Beholden to Anyone to Show My Art

3min

16.

What Circumstances Can You Change

2min

17.

What Do You Want?

4min

18.

Is There Any Point?

2min

19.

Is There Already So Much Art?

4min

20.

I'm Not Very Good at Sticking to Things

2min

This week, we're prompting you to pause and think about what you want. So many online courses promise success through tag lines like "Sell more art" or "Build a Six-Figure Art Business," and it's natural to assume that should be the goal for everyone. Of course there is nothing wrong with wanting to earn a good living from our work, but it isn't the only way to go. It's too easy to get sucked into pursuing things that others value without truly understanding if they are important to us. Perhaps you don't want to sell your art... or maybe you want to supplement your income in some other way. Maybe you want a gallery ... or perhaps you just want to sell online.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of admitting our desires to ourselves. If we don't acknowledge and accept them, no-one else will! Alice then shares 5 key questions that can help you get to the root of your own desires and preferences.

Mentioned

Self Care Club podcast: How to Have a Difficult Conversation
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-have-a-difficult-conversation/id1505703522?i=1000578355383

Gary Vee on choosing what you want: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_6brOEEgM

Ken Spooner https://www.cornwallcontemporary.com/exhibition/ken-spooner-exhibition/

Joan Eardley Painting at Tate St Ives https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/eardley-salmon-net-posts-t04133

Find Alice and Louise at:

www.alicesheridan.com

www.louisefletcherart.com

@alicesheridanstudio

@louisefletcher_art

Credits: "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License