1. The Artist Principles
What drives my art and creation?
What are it’s foundational Principles?
Why do I share what I know?
These are some questions I’m asking myself as I ‘reinvent’ who I am as an artist and what I do.
Why do this? 🤔
– I often get lost as a Creator. And especially when it’s also a business – You tend to loose the creative aspects that made You, and you start thinking in formats and systems (which is what business Is all about)
As I dive into what I’m doing and why I’m doing it,
I’d like to establish some Principles that drive what I do and define my – “Life’s work”
The Principles
• Create the art you want to see in this world and build the products you want to use in this world – Scratch your own itch.
• Always Be Honest – with what you share – and the art you make – never pander, never surrender, never give up – Fight. Like. Hell.
• Build things that last > Following trends that go. Capture the moment of time through your art.
• Don’t Explain and infuse your personal beliefs (especially politics) into your art. Rather explore why you hold such beliefs in the first place. Explore > Explain
• Your Art IS God. In it, lies the truth you are seeking.
• Make. Learn. Share. Repeat.
• Be consistent – enough to improve well. Balance quality and quantity to be consistent.
• Be selfish to be selfless – Make stuff for yourself. True to yourself. Enjoy your work – so others will see what you saw in it. That’s where the value is for others.
• AIM BIG. Think BIG – ask and you shall receive.
*Note – these are not the 10 Commandments – these are not set in stone. I will update them as I make and learn over the years.
2. How to Work Like an Artist?
I manage a small team of 4 people in my business and I have been managing people for 5 years now.
Over time, I’ve developed a set of principles on how to work like an artist in a Creator run business.
We go over this every 6 weeks in Our team meetings.
Here are they 👇
3. Favourite Quote of the Week
“To be successful at anything, you don’t have to be special. You just have to be something that most people aren’t – Consistent”
– Tom Brady
That’s it for this week folks.
See you in the next one 🙂
Best,
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