There are many ways to approach your artistic identity and creative work, and my experience is that people seem to lean toward one of two general approaches, although everyone benefits from both. I call them the Forager and the Gardener. Read more:
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How can I “just be myself” as an artist when I don’t really know who I am or what that means? Here are some reasons why that might be happening and how you can move forward. https://t.co/3yT9ySCu06
Many of my clients have trouble choosing which song to sing, which style to try, and which creative project to do out of a fear of being misunderstood and pigeonholed. Here's what's behind that fear, and some steps we can take to get unstuck. https://t.co/rNlSvUNpEA
Undiagnosed autism is more common in the artist community than many realize, and that's in part because of outdated ideas about what autism is and isn't. Accepting ASD as part of your artist story can be an incredibly empowering and self-compassionate experience.
Autism Spectrum Diagram
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This is a simplification to illustrate a point.
The traits I used are just some of the ones I could have chosen.
#ActuallyAutistic
I wrote hundreds of thousands of words this year, threw out nearly all of them, and barely published anything. It’s fine! It happens often. These bleak, dry, fallow years are necessary for the good work to begin to take shape in the periphery.