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Complete
How do you decide when a piece of work is complete? Do you give it all the time it needs to be absolutely perfect, or is there a point when it’s ‘good enough’ and you can get it out into the world and move on? Creative projects often have more possibilities than can...
How coaching supports artists
Coaching is a process that supports artists who want to focus on exploring and developing their work with intention. As a coach, I help individuals get really clear about the work they make and why they do it. Life is full of urgent things that endlessly demand your...
Rest
Even at the best of times creative practice has very particular challenges that take effort to keep on track. It’s hugely demanding to maintain focus and bring yourself back to clarity. All while providing your own structure and holding your own boundaries. To be...
Lean into your own process
Knowing yourself, how you lean into your own process and how you get yourself out of (creative) trouble builds confidence and keeps you buoyant even when things don’t seem to be going to plan. It takes effort to keep showing up for all the different stages and demands...
Certainty and Risks in Making
Social media places the world in our pocket, bombards us with endless possibilities, and sneaks in those marketing and productivity systems that promise ‘success’. But most of them take no account of the risks in making your own product, with your own hands, in...
Good Enough
The expectation that an artist’s work keeps improving can leave us feeling ours isn’t good enough, and envious of other people’s success. Multiple projects Spinning all the art practice plates is pretty exhausting. Most of us have multiple projects running at any one...