both making money and making art is like learning how to use creative energy — to GIVE to the world.

[very important side tangent: having public recognition, exposure, or approval as an artist is a very, very, very different from making money.

one gives you a brief cheer of hooray from the world, and a dose of respite from imposter syndrome (“am I real [artist/writer/whatever] if I’ve never [published a book/have work featured in a gallery/don’t... See more

I love entrepreneurship as an inspired creative process — of creating the flow of money and value. I love entrepreneurship because I realized:

making money & making art

are the same creative processes.

it starts as a mindset, because your mindset is like the lens through which you see the world, it affects ALL the energy you put out, and thus, receive.

energetically, I blocked my business from growing. subconsciously, I didn’t want clients, because I believed that clients took away my freedom.

I love entrepreneurship as an inspired creative process — of creating the flow of money and value. I love entrepreneurship because I realized:

making money & making art

are the same creative processes.

for an artist-entrepreneur,

art & business are fully integrated.

they are ying/yang of one soul.

I believe that art is not a luxury. art is not just nice aesthetics that you buy to make rooms look less depressing. it is not home decor. it is not the third dessert. it is the main course — that creative source which feeds our lives. art is direct access to truth and beauty — a way of seeing that makes life worth living in this difficult,... See more

not only am I learning to see business as my most supportive partner — in sharing my creative gifts, but I’m learning to see art as my greatest power and partner in business — rather than a delicate child I have to feed.