by Mike Roy | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Mindset, Myths
There are few concepts more destructive to an artist’s ability to have a sustainable business than the Sellout Myth. I cringe when I hear its signature sound of entitled belligerence: “Art is only pure when it’s given freely.” “You want money for this? You’re selling...
by Mike Roy | Nov 29, 2014 | Creativity, Mindset, Uncategorized
We’ve all been there. We want to be productive artists who get recognized for our work… but we just can’t seem to get off our duff and actually create the art. It’s kind of a chicken-and-egg situation, when you think about it… we want to...
by Mike Roy | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Fulfillment, Mindset
As artists, we often struggle with time. Perhaps it’s because we intuitively discovered the theory of relativity centuries before Einstein was able to formally describe it. We discovered that the creative process tends to operate independently of time. This is...
by Mike Roy | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Business, Creativity, Mindset
As painful as this is… It’s time to talk about fear. Nobody except for crazy people are immune to fear. Artists are especially vulnerable to fear, because by necessity we have to be sensitive to the world around us. We get used to our fears. We’re so...
by Mike Roy | Oct 9, 2014 | Creativity, Mindset
Five Ways To Be More Creative from Mike Roy “Creativity takes courage.” –Henri Matisse Want to know a secret? Actually, it’s not really a secret…just something not many people realize. It’s this: Creativity is for everybody… not...
by Mike Roy | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog, Mindset, Myths
This is the second in a series of posts called “The 12 Artist Myths” that explores the most common widely held beliefs people have about artists and creative individuals of all types. It also represents beliefs that we artists have about ourselves...
