After a recent Estrella Morente concert at Sadlers Wells, I started thinking about what it is that performers do, metaphysically speaking. Performers… … Hold us together in a moment of time. All 2, 10, 100, or 10,000 of us. However many the space holds. … They hold us… and then release us. … Sometimes […]
There is a thought-provoking article about ‘Selling Art’ in the Guardian. Some of the tips:Remember that ‘normal’ people buy art too – don’t just chase ‘collectors’.Letting people live with the piece before committing to buy.Make it fun!
I want to share a recent discovery about a unique form of feedback which is called ‘Appreciations’.
This is a technique created by Jay O’Callahan (as described in ‘Making Ideas Happen’):
People need to relax to be able to discover. Our unconscious won’t come forward and help us see things when we are too logical and focused […]
Have you ever felt comforted by an old film or TV programme, felt energized by a live performance, thought ‘I can do that’, or, ‘I could never do that’?
Putting aside the ‘what is art’ debate, I would like you to remember those feelings. Now, you are tapping into your right brain.
We tend to live our […]
I spent the first ten years of my career not knowing what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I tried many things, from devising market research projects to temping to producing high-flying business events. Work was not particularly fulfilling, but it was busy and interesting enough, and I assumed this is the way […]