In 6ixth Position will allow me the opportunity to share my thoughts from the centre on how artists can better mind their business.  We often get so engrossed in pursuit of the next gig that we forget the fine art of minding our business as well, which is equally important.  We have to remember that part of living the dream is also taking care of ourselves from a business perspective...and I'm here to help.

We have to remember that while most of us pursue our art as passion, we are also in the business of being respected and getting paid for our talents.  In some cases, there are some artists that find themselves working for free for a long time either because they don't know how to put a dollar value on their talent or they lack the ability to negotiate an appropriate rate.

Some of this occurs also because non-creative people don't always understand how to communicate with us creative souls and we tend to make them a bit crazy.  In an article written by Liz Strauss, titled 10 Reasons Creative Folks Make Us Crazy, she outlines some of the qualities that most of us creatives embody and really puts it into very non-creative terminology.  This article demonstrates the clear distinction society makes between how creatives vs. non-creatives operate in the world.  My goal is to help coach and guide creatives to develop their businesses and be successful using their creativity, not forsaking it.

Recently, I came across another creative spirit engaged in similar work and I'll need to research deeper, but I am uber intrigued to see how his work develops.  It's titled An Artist's Business Guide, and it's goal is to assist artists in developing their businesses. I'll dig a little deeper and get back to you with my thoughts...

Until then do you and creatively mind your business.

Lorien