I’m still struggling with repricing my art. It’s kind of getting ridiculous how long it’s taking. But the deeper I dig, the pattern, the stuck gets wider and wider. It’s like I’ve discovered an entire catacomb of stuck and insecurity. My CV isn’t huge – I haven’t participated in a huge number of shows, and [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about my prices lately, and as I mentioned here, my prices will be going up as of March 20th, in honour of my 22nd birthday. It’s hard though, looking at my prices. They won’t be going up by astronomical amounts, probably a few hundred dollars. Enough that I can actually [...]
Yesterday on Twitter, I asked how other artists worked out their pricing and I got some brilliant advice back. Contrary to yesterday, I no longer think I’m going to drop my prices – I’m going to raise them. When I actually sit down and do the math on my art, I’m losing money. I may [...]
Disclaimer: This is one of those posts that is more vulnerable than others. I would like to politely ask if, in the comments, you refrain from sharing your own personal judgments, psychoanalysis, or what you think I should be doing instead of feeling like this. I’m sure I’ll figure it all out in my own [...]
Yesterday I read Jonathan Mead’s Zero Hour Work Week and I lurved it. (If you haven’t read it, go here to pick it up – it’s a free PDF download.) Jonathan’s whole principle is that you don’t have to hate your work and that if you find work that you’re passionate about and brings value [...]
What would happen if you decided to do nothing for a day? How would you feel about yourself? Lazy? Useless? Incompetent? I’m pretty sure I would. I’m absolutely awful at doing nothing all day, not just because I’m a compulsive do-er, but because my sense of value is inherently tied up in what I do. [...]
