tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033299.post7011142177402507042..comments2022-12-02T07:27:06.734-08:00Comments on Iron and Fire: Introspection..Heidiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14875098188370755298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033299.post-1857588228955883742009-03-27T16:43:00.000-07:002009-03-27T16:43:00.000-07:00You may want to think about diversifying your crea...You may want to think about diversifying your creative skills to add something more sedentary that you can still do even if you can't work at the forge that day. No, you don't need to be "Jack of all trades and master of none" like me! But you can find something that will add to the forgework (copper or tinsmithing, etc.) or do something else entirely. I'd like to spend more time blacksmithing (and sometimes I'd like to make bigger things, LOL!) but I have asthma/COPD that limits my forge time. On the other hand, blacksmithing gives me upper body strength and endurance so I'm much more active than most people with my level of lung impairment. I'm not laying down the hammer any time soon - but it's getting harder to price my work, especially for commissions, which often leave me feeling ripped off. That's another reason for artistic diversity - you get more sources of income and a better idea of what your work is worth. And I might be more successful if I wasn't the world's worst at self-promotion!Lorena Moorehttp://www.mineralarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033299.post-28874824415035759122009-02-14T12:12:00.000-08:002009-02-14T12:12:00.000-08:00Thank you Paula..Sometimes it's just hard to not l...Thank you Paula..Sometimes it's just hard to not let all the daily grind , well, grind you down. You know how hard doing what you love is, that it is full of challenges, and rewards. Your'e an example to me of a strong, successful woman, working at what she loves.<BR/><BR/>Doing what I do really is a good thing. :)I just want to make the financial end of things more successful, they don't teach you the business end of art in school.<BR/>Oh, Iam just having my midlife crisis on top of it all. Things will move forward, they always do.Heidiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875098188370755298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19033299.post-8413501205695321552009-02-11T03:02:00.000-08:002009-02-11T03:02:00.000-08:00heidi to me your skills are extraordinary - you wo...heidi to me your skills are extraordinary - you work with talent, innovation and intuition, which is so very you and your personality (this, of course, is only my understanding from our ether-communication and jam and wool exchanges!). <BR/>Isn't there something in the words that the more we know the less we know? I feel this could be the cause of your introspection. <BR/>But I do understand that a hurting body could also be trying to tell you something…let me know how you go, won’t you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com