Drop the Anchors - Get with the Motors

Have you noticed that the people you look to for support and encouragment in your career sometimes have the opposite effect on you?

I have. Many people- even ones with good intentions- are lacking understanding about artists and what motivates us to do art.

They feel that art is only a “hobby“.

They think that art is not a serious career.

They warn you about negative consequences as if to prepare you for inevitable failure, and ‘paint’ (ouch) a frightening picture of what will happen if you don’t “get a real job“.

My favorite marketing coach brings some clarity to the doubt and fear that surrounds us as dedicated artists.

From her weekly newsletter Art Marketing Action, Alyson B. Stanfield writes:

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