Comments on: Creative Business Toolbox: A Sense of Mystery

By: Miss M.

Miss M. — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:46:17 +0000

I saw one of your cards at my local Trader Joe’s a few weeks ago, and snapped up several copies. It is beautiful! The stranger in the line ahead of me said it looked like something she would normally pay $5+ for.

By: debbiejl

debbiejl — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:52:20 +0000

Thank you! I think I need to read this everyday!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:25:31 +0000

Thank you for speaking openly about something that scares many of us artists…me included. Failure. Once I can wrap my head around the fact that something I tried just didn’t work, the sooner I can try the next thing. My career lately seems to be a lot of trial and error. Your post reminds me that that is part of the process.

Again, thank you!

By: SarahWT

SarahWT — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:38:16 +0000

Fantastic post!

By: Christianne

Christianne — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:52:56 +0000

This is such a helpful post. I’m in the process of creating my first online offering — a course that will invite a group of people to become immersed in the four Gospels of the BIble and get to know the person of Jesus. I’m finding, as I work on the course creation end of this, that I’m voraciously passionate about doing this. I didn’t realize I was until I tried!

But it’s true that I won’t know if others will find it to be of value until it’s ready and I finally put it out there in the world. I could hear crickets chirping at that point. Or perhaps it will resonate in wonderful ways. I won’t know until I try . . . but I am loving the process of the “try.” That is me doing my best work with my own original voice, even though it’s nothing earth-shattering that has never been done before.

Thanks for these reminders. They offer encouragement on the road for me.

By: kathryn

kathryn — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:18:38 +0000

loved this post…so honest and vulnerable…i could so relate to it! the best i guess we can do is share our art with the world, get out of our own way, and keep on truckin’!!! that way we will have no regrets!

By: Lotus

Lotus — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:38:07 +0000

Thanks for sharing that. I am in the process of creating and putting out into the market my new service based on my passion and love. I have been putting it out for free for a while and getting great feed back but as a single mother I know that the fear of this tanking and the fear of the crickets keeps me up at night. But I haven’t got a day job yet and am committed whole heartheartedly to giving my all and see where it leads. My internal dialogue swings between certainty that I am a frickin genius and the fear that people won’t want what I offer. What a lovely read about tanking and not having to get stuck there. My anchor is out and my boat is way way out in a clear path and awake to the possible pitfalls along the way. X

By: Marianne

Marianne — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:06:54 +0000

This is such an important point – thank you so much for sharing your experience and insights my friend.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:25:03 +0000

Thank you for your honesty and for writing about this from a beginning all the way through… and thank you for this: But I won’t know unless I try, and I won’t have any chance of success unless I stay committed to my own voice and vision.

By: pippin

pippin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:58:58 +0000

i think i am the sure-thing boat, need to lift the anchor.