Growing in Hannah’s Field

Professional Practice, Planning & Presentation – this is the section that makes me panic inside.  I don’t know what happened at the session today.  Last week I had my goals up on the screen, felt clear and relatively confident about what I wanted.  Today my mind went to mush with the enormity of the task before me – The Business Plan.  Thankfully we are putting it together in chunks, part of which is to be handed in as our first assignment later in November.

Here’s the main rub: My Aims. 

We indentified three main aims of why we want to go down the art-as-career route.  To raise our profile, to make money and for self fulfillment (the love of creating work).  So far, I have been designing and making for the love of creating.  Sure recognition (without serious self promotion) has been nice, as has been the times when I get paid for something I make – but it really has been for the joy of learning new skills, experimenting with different materials and giving to other people.

I now have to find a way of telling my brain that this is not enough – unless I REALLY want to stay in the admin 9-5 job for the rest of my days (No.)

So the priorities (my new mantra) will go like this: I am going to raise my profile to sell my work and make money, I get an added benefit in that I love what I do

How lucky am I?!

But….the sneaky pre-Connect part of my brain says “But what if the money and the raising of your profile makes the designing and making a chore, no longer pleasureable…?”  Well, I won’t know until I try and there are so many different ways of going about this that I can always change my plan.

Actions for the week – Research shows & exhibitions to attend   ::   Write artist’s statement   ::   Look further into what my options are for my objectives