Barbara

@barbara

artist

eternallyfleeting.substack.com

“Keep coming back. It works if you work it, so work it, because you’re worth it.”
from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
inspire
My reason is existential. By writing the things that pop into my head down into my notebook, I teach my brain that those ideas - my ideas - are worthy of being written down at all.

Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.
from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
the art of noticing
“You’re not healing to handle the trauma, you know how to do that already. You’re healing to handle the joy.”
from A Big Intimate Catch Up:
perspective shift
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Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the importance of taste – and how to acquire it
consume —> curate —> create
taste
Ask yourself, "What would I be doing differently if I KNEW FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AS AN ARTIST?" Make a list of those things. This list is gold.
from if you really believed in yourself
inspire
2. People Who Believe In Themselves Prepare For Success

I'd hate for something I make to go viral and then watch as nothing changes afterwards. No new fans, followers, or subscribers even though that ONE thing I did hit so hard.

I'd hate to get a big opportunity—like a celebrity shoutout, or being introduced to someone who can change my life—and then... See more
from if you really believed in yourself
perspective shift
expectancy — preparation
“I know a lot of people who make things who don’t stand proudly by their stuff,” Tyler says. “I don’t know if they’re too cool or they don’t want to look thirsty, but they’ll put a song out once on their stories — and that’s it.

"You went through something. You figured something out in a structured format. You recorded it. Not just one take. Parts
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from Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
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But as the rapper Tyler, the Creator notes in an interview that lives rent-free in my head, promoting our work doesn’t have to be a chore — it’s an opportunity for us to honor what we worked so hard to make:
from Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
perspective shift
self-promotion
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

- Buckminster Fuller
from The ‘Revolutionary’ Gremlin
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from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"

from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"

from A Big Intimate Catch Up:

from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the importance of taste – and how to acquire it

from if you really believed in yourself

from if you really believed in yourself

from Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion

from Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion

from The ‘Revolutionary’ Gremlin