A couple of weeks ago, I shared a video to my IGTV talking about a book that I had started and had to abandon halfway through. Watch the video below for my full take on the problems with The Death of the Artist and why I’m more than ready for a new model for the …
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Someone pointed out to me recently that I talk about mugs a lot. It’s a fair assessment. I mention them in blog posts. I talk about them in IGTV videos. I take pictures of myself holding them. I used an image of one for my new class, Sell Without Shame. Apparently I have a thing …
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post about why I’ve had it up to here with problem solving marketing. You know what I’m talking about. The idea that you have to figure out what problem your art solves in order to market it. This idea has now become pretty standard advice in marketing …
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For once, I’m going to tell you about a book I’m reading without telling you to buy it. Unless you want to experience a range of emotions from mildly annoyed to downright frustrated, that is. You see, I’ve spent the last day or so reading Michael Findlay’s book The Value of Art. On the surface, …
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The most essential art is the art we live with. I’ve spent most of my life believing that the most valuable art in the world lives in museums. On the surface, this isn’t a bad thing. I grew up going to museums, and I grew up with the understanding that art is valuable and worthy …
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