The Tweekly is a look back at the best of my Twitter tweets from the previous week or two. Unless you have your eyes glued to your Twitter stream (not advised) you might have missed some important resources.
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February 2010
Taxes are due April 15 here in the US and I’m sure you’re well prepared. So . . . what are your best tax tips for other artists? How do you organize your finances so that you’re best prepared? How do you keep track of mileage and expenses? What’s the best decision you ever made [...]
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Next time you run into a difficult situation, don’t be afraid to take action and be the “maverick.” Use your best judgment along with carefully justified reasoning to determine your course. And always live up to your agreements while continuing to communicate all the way.
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Fretting about your prices again? Have you considered that some of them may be too low? Raising prices isn’t something I take lightly or recommend frequently. While raising prices in tough economic times seems counter intuitive, you want to be sure you are being paid what you’re worth. Here are six things to consider.
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You could learn a lot from Olympic athletes like Shaun White. I learned to train hard, have fun, create a signature trick, and let ‘er rip. The most important lesson was watching White give his fans exactly what they want–even though he didn’t need to.
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The @abstanfield Tweekly offers terrific resources and links that you might have missed if you haven’t been constantly watching your Twitter stream 24/17 (and WHY would you do that?!).
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Do you identify with being an artist of your region? For example, if someone called you a “Missouri artist” or a “Georgia artist,” would that resonate? (Replace those states with your own state or province.) How important is geography to your identity as an artist? Do you embrace your location or fight it?
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It doesn’t help you to read unless you do something with what you’ve learned.I would even argue that you haven’t learned much if you haven’t done the work. If you’re just reading and reading, you’re not using your other senses. You’re not touching, applying, failing, and readjusting.
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The economic downturn has made the already challenging proposition of pursuing artistic work as a full time profession even more difficult. This means that you, the professional artist, need to increase your ability to be self reliant. What does that mean? Simple, you need to be the driving force behind marketing and selling your work.
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Many artists in the beginning of their careers are stymied by the desire to play by the rules and get it all right. They don’t take action because they’re afraid of doing something wrong. On the other end of the spectrum are artists who have been in the business for a while. They can be so closely tied to the rules that they find it hard to adapt to new ways of doing things.
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