{"id":6779,"date":"2017-05-01T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2017-05-03T07:28:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T11:28:39","slug":"your-job-as-an-artist-is-to-show-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/your-job-as-an-artist-is-to-show-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Job as an Artist is to Show Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6782\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Your-Job-as-an-Artist-is-to-Show-Up.jpg\" alt=\"Your job as an artist is to show up\" width=\"440\" height=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Wonderful, Creative You:<\/p>\n<p>We have been talking this year about creative goals, and at different intervals, I&#8217;ve been checking in with you about mine. I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve been pretty faithful to my goals, and I want to share how. In my experience,\u00a0<strong>what really helps folks reach creative goals is to remember this: Your job as an artist is to show up. Nothing else. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I believe I originally learned about &#8220;just showing up&#8221;\u00a0from Julia Cameron&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/21w4pgp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Artist&#8217;s Way<\/a>.\u00a0The idea is that you can&#8217;t start or complete a project when you&#8217;re overcome by the pressure of perfectionism. Pressure\u00a0leads to paralysis. <strong>Give yourself permission to let go of expectations &#8211; your only job is to show up and create something. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my experience, the more you commit to just show up,\u00a0the less you judge your work, and the more likely you are to produce more and enjoy the process and the product.\u00a0This idea holds true for starting a new art journal page, writing a song, choreographing a dance, and for other creative goals as well.\u00a0You want to go to more museums? Just show up and do it. You want to learn to draw? Do it. You want to incorporate writing into journal pages? Do it. <strong>Stop hesitating, questioning, hemming, doubting, and start doing. (Need some guidance to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/art-journaling-101-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You might like my e-course: Art Journaling 101<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>My Creative Goals<\/h3>\n<p>So what have I been just showing up to do? The big creative goal I&#8217;ve been focused on in 2017 is showing more of my art. I&#8217;ve entered 3 art shows this year, been accepted in two, and am waiting to hear about\u00a0the third. I confess that I find shooting gallery- type photos, filling out entry forms, and paying gallery entry fees hateful, but I&#8217;m committed to showing my work, so I&#8217;m doing it. I&#8217;m glad, because I&#8217;m meeting more artists in my community\u00a0and seeing some\u00a0pretty amazing local art.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how things come together too, because I&#8217;m also very happy to share that <strong>I was approached by <a href=\"http:\/\/heartjournalmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeART Journal magazine<\/a> to do an interview for their May\/June issue.<\/strong> I&#8217;m honored to be included amongst\u00a0some wonderful artists in this issue:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/secrethermit.typepad.com\/my-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Micki Wilde<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/art_girl_78\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jenny Zmuda<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deedeecatron.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeeDee Catron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T aligncenter\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?ui=2&amp;ik=5de6015d11&amp;view=fimg&amp;th=15bbaa61a5c5d276&amp;attid=0.0.1&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_15bba922e5a473f0&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ84LEh1LVsQBwx5iuOsYd5WuA_pEWbXiHenkD6STTocUpWZOkDQ-ePBK8Kx_usdBEP79lckATOs7XOfLY8qtzqogz-IPnUSk5loOpwCFNl4qo1idEwPwlf8H-w&amp;sz=w444-h590&amp;ats=1493639807351&amp;rm=15bbaa61a5c5d276&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1\" alt=\"HeART Journal Magazine\" width=\"222\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the interview, <strong>I share some tutorials as well as talking about how I started art journaling, personal symbolism, and concrete advice on getting the inner critic out of the way.<\/strong> \u00a0Please check it out using the coupon code for a free issue. 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You might also enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTjFx3rlbKc\/?taken-by=amymaricle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this post I shared on Instagram today<\/a> with some questions for writing about your creative goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Creatively Yours,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Give yourself permission to let go of expectations &#8211; your only job is to show up and create something.&#8221; username=&#8221;amymaricle&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Pressure leads to paralysis. Let go of expectations and commit to your art process. #creativegoals&#8221; username=&#8221;amymaricle&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Check out this interview with Amy Maricle in heART Journal magazine&#8221; username=&#8221;amymaricle&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Some of the links shared in this post are affiliate links. That means if you choose to click and purchase something, at no extra cost to you, I\u00a0will receive a small referral fee to help support my\u00a0work to empower the artist in all of us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear Wonderful, Creative You: We have been talking this year about creative goals, and at different intervals, I&#8217;ve been checking in with you about mine. I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve been pretty faithful to my goals, and I want to share how. 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