July 15, 2010 by Lisa Call
Completion Back in December, I wrote a blog post about the magic of completion. I didn’t completed the setup of my studio after the remodel last year, the result being I wasn’t really using my studio. The unfinished project was draining my energy. Taking the time to complete that project resulted in a huge burst [...]
July 1, 2010 by Lisa Call
Creating a Masterpiece Mark McGuinness wrote a guest article on copyblogger recently titled The 7 Essential Steps to Creating Your Content Masterpiece. It is a fabulous article. So much of what he said was directly relevant to visual artists in addition to writers/bloggers. His 7 steps: 1. Aim high 2. Get into productive habits 3. [...]
April 15, 2010 by Lisa Call
Growth With a nod Christine Mauersberger for the pointer, I love the Incomplete Manifesto for Growth by Bruce Mau. Some of my favorite statements 3. Process is more important than outcome. 9. Begin anywhere. [great advice if you are stuck] 30. Organization = Liberty. 41. Laugh. And I would add one more: Think Big! Read [...]
April 11, 2010 by Lisa Call
Create Denver Workshop Yesterday I gave a workshop/talk at the Create Denver Expo on Time Management and the Internet. A black sink hole of time for many of us. Much of the talk centered around goals and systems as a way to structure our time on the internet. The rest of the talk was tips [...]
April 2, 2010 by Lisa Call
Big Intentions I wrote the following on my blog and facebook fanpage today: Having created a significant body of work over the last decade (nearly 200* completed quilts), I plan to continue pushing myself to excellence by building on past successes and learning from the mistakes. Working as a professional artist, with any eye to [...]
January 10, 2010 by Lisa Call
Not Doing It All A few weeks back I looked at the calendar and realized I had only 7 weeks to prepare for a solo exhibit. I came up with a schedule that is aggressive, yet doable to create all new work for the show over those 7 weeks. It’s doable in the sense that [...]
December 27, 2009 by Lisa Call
The Studio In April of 2009 I completed a major house remodeling project that include the addition of a beautiful new studio. Within weeks I had the studio 95% completed and then moved in and started making art. I had a huge deadline looming for an exhibit in Germany and needed every spare moment to [...]
December 5, 2009 by Lisa Call
Taking a Break When I left for South Africa at the end of July I had the intention to continue to write blog posts on makebigart during my month long vacation. I had a list of topics for the posts I would write while gone and one day near the beginning of the trip I [...]
July 26, 2009 by Lisa Call
The Long To Do List I’m leaving for South African in a couple days and have a todo list a mile long of things I think I need to do before I go. I’ve found myself getting very little done on that list over the last week even though I had plenty of free time [...]
July 21, 2009 by Lisa Call
Odd Pricing In the internet marketing world there is a rule that prices should end in a 7. Looking for an ebook or information product? Chances are the price will end in a 7. We’re all used to prices end in a 9 in the retail world – such as $19.99. These are examples of [...]
