To Diversify, or not to Diversify?
An artists thought process on making a change…
We are artists; we create from a deep-seeded passion that one cannot explain. In my own case, my love of working on something artistic goes back to my childhood. My mom probably got so annoyed with my very expensive trips to the art store. That said, with so many avenues, how does an artist effectively make a living?
I really cannot say I have the answers to that question. I only know that people are obsessed with that being the answer. You hear artists talk about it all the time. “If you do this, you can diversify your income”, “don’t forget to use this as a great passive income source”, etc. etc. Yet no one really knows the best way to achieve success because the path for everyone is different.
I think I am reaching a point where I am struggling to keep up with life. The constant stream of artists telling me how to diversify has burned me out slowly but surely since the pandemic, and I feel like it is time for a sustainable change.
My substack isn’t going anywhere, and I will still do the good news stuff bi-weekly, but I need to do the failing creatively only when I feel like I have something to say or a project to share.
The good news is easy to work ahead on and keep to a two-week turnaround, and I do not want to eliminate talking about art, design, or my projects when relevant on the off weeks off from the good news. But I am struggling to come up with ideas. So why not make it intermittent when I have something to say? That way, the failing creatively posts will feel relevant and probably be more interesting.
And I can focus on making art for good news articles, which will give me more time to make new work.
Hopefully, this ends up being a good idea. The algorithms already hate me because I apparently don’t post things people want to read. But either way, it helps me do something creative at a pace that won’t burn me out or bore you, my readers. 😊
Till next time keep failing creatively, and see you next week with some good news.