The myth of the starving artist has got to go.

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​​ Let's create the reality of the well-fed artist.

So, what does it take what does it take to be a well-fed artist? I'm thinking four different things.
1.  Community, and there are layers of community, I have that all laid out in this article.
The thing is, it's not just friends and family. There are lots of layers that an artist needs for a good solid Community. And it, when you have all those layers, it can be very supportive.

2. Practice: your own practice should be feeding you. If it's not nourishing you, you're not doing it right. So,  there are ways to think about how to make it really a nourishing practice. That's where you're going to get your best work.

3.  Inspiration, fodder.  What's feeding your work? What are you looking at? What are you listening to? What what are you thinking about? All of the stuff that is your engagement with the world, both  in your visual and your sonic, your personal and cultural, your spiritual and yourpractical and also your conceptual world.
All of that is fodder. So being engaged. 

4. Financial Security. I put it last specifically, this is where the well-fed artist is actually fed, with food. It is essential that you are not consumed by fear of not having enough to pay the rent or buy your meals. YOu do not need to make a living as an artist. Maybe. But you really need to have financial security before you can do your best work.

You don't have to be a starving artist. You really don't. And you'll make your best work if you're not.

There's a really big fallacy in the idea that you have to suffer for your work. There's enough suffering. Life provides that. You don't need to create extra in order to be an artist.

So, those four things. I hope this helps. I break it down in various other places, but I thought I'd give you those four big chunks. That's what I help people with. So if you need the help subscribe, follow, pass it on, 
and look for, there's all sorts of things that I'm offering that would help you out.  If you know anybody, if you know anybody who's feeling like a starving artist, send this on.  I would love to talk to them.


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