Hi Subscriber,
I hope you are doing well and having an inspiring day!
Have you ever had one of those amazing conversations with someone that fills your heart with hope and turns your day around?
I recently had a conversation with one of our members that made me feel this way. Afterwards, I couldn't help smiling and happily dancing around the house like the Cheshire Cat for the rest of the day.
You see, every once in a while one of the artists in our wonderful community of creators reaches out to me desperately looking for help.
Most of the time when an artist reaches out to me, it's because they are struggling to sell their art and are looking for answers. This time, though, it was for a very different reason.
This artist, who I'll call Bob, was frustrated because he didn't understand why he had to market and sell his art.
Bob had just left a career as a software developer to pursue his passion to become an artist. He had spent so much time away from creating, that the very thought of spending any time away from creating in his studio made him sick to his stomach.
As you can imagine, he was pretty upset with me because I've been sending out invitations for artists to sign up for our free newsletter FineArtViews in order to learn how to market and sell their art.
Bob was reaching out to me to try and convince me to, in his words, "Stop wasting artists' time trying to turn them into used car salesmen!"
OK, by now you're probably wondering how a conversation that started out so poorly ended up making my day.
Well, it's kind of an interesting story. It all started with a simple question that I asked Bob.
"Why did you become an artist?"
I don't think he was expecting me to say that. I think he was gearing up for an argument with me on the merits of marketing and selling art. All he said was, "Huh..."
So I gave him a minute to think it over and here's what he finally said:
