Kathryn were so excited you’ll be at the soirée! I can’t wait to meet you properly & chat under the fairy lights. Also! Your artistic tithing idea is freak-ING brilliant!! ❤️
I’ll be joining you at the Soiree Kathryn, look forward to ‘meeting’ and chatting! Received a paycheck today that was the exact amount of the program, with one day left of the Early bird offer. The universe knows I need this right now! :D
I think tithing 10% is an excellent idea. I read the advice that it is best not to charge for subscriptions until you have 100 followers. I’m still working on that so it is a good goal too aim for.
I think I need to invest more time in Substack now. It has become an interesting place to write. I used to write daily on Insta and then Medium but it feels as if Medium is infested like woodworm with bots and AI writing; too many stories about how to earn money as a writer.
I’m not sure what you mean about the liking. Do you mean people will like anything as a lazy way to try and connect and hope for a new subscriber? I get that.
And artists and mental health- is there a connection? My son once was told to do a hearing test, when he was small, that he wasn’t listening in class, not engaging. A few years of constant criticisms of his abilities followed but none of the tests came up with anything. Criticism continued. I ended up at a centre about ambience sound and student concentration levels, again no results but the test was evaluated by a child psychologist, a woman who was easily in her sixties, had seen it all, she called me in to her office. She said, ‘your son is an all rounder, artistic in every way, he even is picking up on the smells outside the classroom window, all his senses are working all the time.’ Then she said, ‘you’ll have problems keeping him in normal education until he is 18, he will always be needing a prod to keep him focused in class.’
We changed him to a school that had a strong arts department. By the end of one term he had even gone up a level in maths and ended up getting a first at uni. So yes, I totally believe 100% that artists are more sensitive to everything around us, giving us more information that needs processing which can be distracting, confusing, overwhelming even and tiring!!
He’s turned into an amazing cook by the way!
I seem to have rambled off!! Just wanted to share my thoughts. I am in the process of getting my first book printed and it refers to the Japanese art of imperfection too.
I enjoyed the ensuing conversation from Sarah's post as well, and I certainly hope Substack considers our follow/like notification request.
Kathryn were so excited you’ll be at the soirée! I can’t wait to meet you properly & chat under the fairy lights. Also! Your artistic tithing idea is freak-ING brilliant!! ❤️
I’ll be joining you at the Soiree Kathryn, look forward to ‘meeting’ and chatting! Received a paycheck today that was the exact amount of the program, with one day left of the Early bird offer. The universe knows I need this right now! :D
I think tithing 10% is an excellent idea. I read the advice that it is best not to charge for subscriptions until you have 100 followers. I’m still working on that so it is a good goal too aim for.
I think I need to invest more time in Substack now. It has become an interesting place to write. I used to write daily on Insta and then Medium but it feels as if Medium is infested like woodworm with bots and AI writing; too many stories about how to earn money as a writer.
I’m not sure what you mean about the liking. Do you mean people will like anything as a lazy way to try and connect and hope for a new subscriber? I get that.
And artists and mental health- is there a connection? My son once was told to do a hearing test, when he was small, that he wasn’t listening in class, not engaging. A few years of constant criticisms of his abilities followed but none of the tests came up with anything. Criticism continued. I ended up at a centre about ambience sound and student concentration levels, again no results but the test was evaluated by a child psychologist, a woman who was easily in her sixties, had seen it all, she called me in to her office. She said, ‘your son is an all rounder, artistic in every way, he even is picking up on the smells outside the classroom window, all his senses are working all the time.’ Then she said, ‘you’ll have problems keeping him in normal education until he is 18, he will always be needing a prod to keep him focused in class.’
We changed him to a school that had a strong arts department. By the end of one term he had even gone up a level in maths and ended up getting a first at uni. So yes, I totally believe 100% that artists are more sensitive to everything around us, giving us more information that needs processing which can be distracting, confusing, overwhelming even and tiring!!
He’s turned into an amazing cook by the way!
I seem to have rambled off!! Just wanted to share my thoughts. I am in the process of getting my first book printed and it refers to the Japanese art of imperfection too.
Thanks for writing