What went well
Bloody Hell. Doing Art Journalling with 25 business people at Lawrence Art Studios went well. It was hard work and I have some learnings, but essentially, it went really, really well. Some folk had revelations and loved it. Even the more disengaged enjoyed it. Some said it was the best thing they had done. One wants me to come along to his Graphic Design company and run a session, several want to come and do a course and another wants me to come and do something with her social enterprise. So that was all amazing and happy making and brilliant. And as an experiment doing art journaling with people who are not already self selected and interested, does actually work. I am really, really excited and delighted.
Going round table to table worked better than shouting over the chatter.
Not going to Bristol today (which had been on the cards, but then 2 people cancelled and I managed to postpone the last one) was also good.
Could do better
Could have bloody well cancelled the hotel in Bristol. Which I totally missed in my general anxiety yesterday. My bad and especially as I was basically given the left over art materials yesterday. I feel bad about asking as an expense. I am going to see if I can split it. Its a bugger though.
Evidently better managing anxiety would be a good move. Though it was such a new thing and it was such a large group that I am not sure I would have felt nothing whatever - Excitement / Fear = same feeling but different PR as Lizzie says.
Paint was too think. Better to have fluid paint and smaller pots of it. medium brushes needed. if do rip it up then do a paint and scrub off to show the texture on the Gesso. and get a whole colour on the background. drying off like that would help speed up the layering.
Say who I am really clearly at the beginning. Write an intro speach. Basically write a mini inspiring TED like talk about creativity what it is, and why we need it, and how we all have it, and why judging output is bad and enjoying the doing of the thing is good. So that I can remember it more clearly and brilliantly every time I say it. Work on that.
Long Term Goals
Beautiful eco House
be as good a parent as I can be
Treble my income (but work fewer days)
Have dates for WAJ set up for the year ahead and going into Next YEAR
1000 devoted fans (who are fucking brilliant and I love them)
Brought in lots of work to TS (some of which I get a commission on and I don't even have to do it)
A book
A podcast / you tube channel
Creative Entrepreneur coaching (paid for!)
To do today
Pay all the fucking bills!! Greece / Ted's clubs / Yoga
write up Sophie coaching notes.
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