{"id":4880,"date":"2014-08-19T17:03:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2014-08-18T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T14:02:39","slug":"selling-without-selling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=4880","title":{"rendered":"Selling without selling out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4881\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/26\/tender-buttons-gertrude-stein-lisa-congdon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4881\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4881\" src=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/success.jpg\" alt=\"An inventory of Gertrude Stein's favorite objects \" width=\"500\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/success.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/success-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inventory of Gertrude Stein&#8217;s favorite objects<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Interesting post from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/12\/art-inc-lisa-congdon\/?utm_content=buffer27ed7&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">Brain Pickings<\/a> on how to succeed&#8211;in the sense of making money (in my book, Van Gogh succeeded even though he wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;success&#8221;)&#8211;without lowering your standards:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0. . . for many working artists, who straddle the balance between creativity and commerce, art swells into a form of uncomfortable self-consciousness . . . cartoonist Hugh MacLeod captured this perfectly in proclaiming that\u00a0<a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/27\/purpose-work-love\/\">\u201cart suffers the moment other people start paying for it.\u201d Such sentiments, argues artist\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/lisacongdon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Congdon<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/145212826X\/braipick-20\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Art, Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<a style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/art-inc-the-essential-guide-for-building-your-career-as-an-artist\/oclc\/883320661&amp;referer=brief_results\" target=\"_blank\"><em>public library<\/em><\/a>), are among the most toxic myths we subscribe to as a culture and reflect a mentality immeasurably limiting for creative people.<\/p>\n<p>It includes a nice compare-and-contrast guide to the &#8220;Starving Artist Mindset&#8221; and the &#8220;Thriving Artist Mindset.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting post from Brain Pickings on how to succeed&#8211;in the sense of making money (in my book, Van Gogh succeeded even though he wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;success&#8221;)&#8211;without lowering your standards: \u00a0. . . for many working artists, who straddle the balance between creativity and commerce, art swells into a form of uncomfortable self-consciousness . . . 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