Charm FX

With my last post in mind, it seemed the most useful thing might be if YOU could just see what someone else was doing online, as they were doing it. Modeling is a good way to learn new things, to see what works and what doesn’t, and it helps a lot if you have something or someone to model.

Some tell me I’m crazy, that just putting myself out there is only inviting criticism or making it too easy for others to just do the same stuff…and then it will stop working for me. Am I asking for trouble? I don’t think so. Seems to me that kind of thinking assumes there’s only some minimal threshold and if too many do the same things, it’s bad…that if you have things that work you shouldn’t tell anyone. That’s the same kind of reasoning ‘gatekeepers’ use in any field and we’re especially aware of how this works in creative fields.

The truth is the internet demonstrates how this kind of thinking is NOT TRUE….especially, in creative fields. If you have a skill or a point of view and you are about something and you know who you are and what you’re doing, it’s possible you’ll be able to succeed without the necessity for galleries or gallery owners, for studios, agents, record companies, etc. With this in mind there isn’t any reason to fear showing up and showing others how I’m doing what I’m doing…warts & all. In fact, it’s especially important to show what happens when something isn’t working. While I know you’d like to know what does work, wouldn’t like to know what doesn’t?

My personal experience includes --

• providing services to clients
• working jobs for employers
• and working my way through a variety of academic programs in the arts and communications as well as having varied background in other subjects

One overwhelming thing I’ve learned is that there will always be those who’ll tell you it won’t work and if you listen to them, it won’t! If you don’t listen to them and DO pay attention to others who are actively doing what you’re interested in, you will learn and you will be closer to doing what you want because of the efforts of others.

As this blog evolves I’m simply going to show you where I am, what I’m doing and tell you why. I’ll just aim at moving closer to the goal of facilitating my own creativity, producing creative projects and finding ways to sell, distribute or just exhibit my projects. While I’m doing that I’ll document what I’m doing and how I’m doing it and put it up here for all to see. If you’ve been here before you may note some changes to the page layout so that’s something you may see evolve as content and features grow.

I’m hopeful my successes will be useful to others and some may contribute their own experiences in hopes it might be useful to others.

Keep it real!

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