I’ve been thinking. Uh oh.
About passions ~ mine, specifically, and what I’m going to do with them. And why I haven’t already in some cases. While trolling around the interwebs this week I came across Laura Simms of Create As Folk. Laura “illuminates creative businesses” as she puts it; in fact her whole philosophy is connected to light, which I love.
I have basically devoured her whole site in the last day or so, signed up to the newsletter, made the most of the freebies, the works. And only a tiny bit because I love the colour of her website. 🙂
I really enjoyed the ebook she has produced in collaboration with other creative business owners, “From Passion to Profit”, which is all about… well, what it sounds like, actually. I particularly liked her section about creative business myths, and Rebecca Leigh‘s section about fear and courage.
The whole thing added fuel to my glowing embers of excitement about the new dream home with the new dream studio and how I might use that to reflect and grow my own passions; creativity, painting, healing, adding value and meaning, and a new one for me, connection and community. I have brainstormed and daydreamed and things are coming together in my mind, although of course nothing can be test run {runned?!} until I’m fully installed there. But it’s all percolating away.
Here’s a painting by new-to-me artist Olga Gouskova entitled ‘Passion’; appropriate in both name and the fact that I love a figurative painting. Oh and painting is one of my passions, not that you’d guess that lately, but it is, actually.
This all sounds fascinating! I’ve read too many books recently that are too eager for you to completely sacrifice your integrity and joy for creative pursuits for money. I think it’s very important to give your art work the respect it deserves and if you respect it, everyone else with. For me, I’ve started to respect my artistic pursuits as a possible income where before I mocked myself for just not being business minded enough, aggressive enough, cheap enough. Now I feel deserving. Now I feel worthy. And any publication/guidance based on those moral values of truth, integrity and goodness are just perfect and we need more of them- with SOUND business advice- to inspire and motivate others like us, who love Art and want to do it and ourselves justice no matter what anyone else says. So encouraging to read this today. Thank you
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A lovely site! And being passionate about something (like this blog/website) because of the colour? I get that…I respond very much to colour, texture and design and those things can so easily excite my passion in something.
I love Laura Simms!! I’ve read the same freebies and stalk her site on a regular basis. It’s pretty obvious that she appreciates good design. Her site is beautiful. I love how gentle and no nonsense she is too. I also really love Tara Gentile… There are so many wonderful women out there willing to share their knowledge and experience. Yeah… Passion. Painting is definitely one of yours… and mine too. xox