January 5, 2010
I found this random website on Kijiji. It was offering free “blunt” answers to life I prersumed. So the following was my question. I will keep you informed with the answer I receive. Link: http://illtellyou.weebly.com/
“I am excited to see how you will deal with me.
I am looking for emancipation from my stagnant position regarding my career/life. I feel I can do anything on this earth. Me, simply, I love art and have been putting lots of energy around this I have a side job to subsidize my
passion but I also feel stale. Help.
Not looking for a psychic, but more of an out of the ordinary approach to my conundrum.
Where will I find my answer? I already looked inside. Or maybe I have not looked deep enough?
Blunt answer?”
Answer to follow…
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RESPONSE FROM: http://illtellyou.weebly.com/
I dont commend you for wanting to do what gives you energy, however, I will commend y0u for taking steps to act instead of talk. The question is do you want to be a world renowned artist, or do you want to make a living doing something you enjoy and feel fulfilled. To become a world renowned artist, whether it is sculptor, painter, writer or a different genre my only advice is perseverance and know that you are going to have many obstacles and stepping stones and that to just keep going. Dont be hard headed and listen to people, truly listen you dont have to take their advice, but listen. Get to know other artists, and take their advice and start walking in those circles.
And when your friends or people you talk to do laugh, as people do love to bring down other people when you tell them you are going for this tell them to stick it up their ….. People say stupid things when they are jealous.
Just a quick tidbit about displaying your art, trying giving your art to a restaurant, library or a gallery run by fellow artists. These places usually allow you to display your art for free for a certain period of time, and some places allow you to sell as well. Either way gets your name out and you could sell a piece as well.
Another way to display your art is to talk to Interior Designers and Home Stagers as they rent art for events, open houses and if a person is interested the option to buy is there.
Now if you want to make a living at it think outside the box, and in the beginning think LOW OVERHEAD, LOW, LOW. Do you want to work with children, adults, do you care? Children, easier then you think, summertime post an ad offer free parent and children classes in the park, your not paying for location/venue, so you charge for the materials and the rest is profit. Dont get greedy start of slow and then slowly up prices…greedy you get nothing. Also offer an adult class, especially for new mothers, who may just be looking to get sane again. If you are looking to do something for older groups then you can do the same idea, but be creative and contriversial (slowly at first), but same idea.
If you want something right outside the box do event planning but put a spin on it. Dont do the usual stuff say you are the event planner for the unique, for the so called freaks, for the different. My friend and I were talking and said that all the event planners and wedding planners do the typical, boring, expecting, mundane events and stick their nose up at the difference. Put your own spin on it.
Also please remember that putting your ad everywhere is key, there are lots of free sites now, start your own group, twitter, do something.
Please remember that you get going and you get excited but keep your part time job until you are well known in the community, and are positive that you will have a steady income…..and 6 months is not enough time to do this, so dont fool yourself at all.
Please let me know what you thought of the advice..
