Tammy Vitale – A Map for Artists?
“I’ve spent the past month browsing coaches and marketing folks on line and in books – a lot of Seth Godin because he often seems to make lots of sense to me in his daily blogs.
But with Seth it seems a little (quotes as opposed to text) is better than a lot.
When you read him in depth, you discover he is really introducing old concepts with new names…..
Seth states that there is no map for “artists” – a word he uses broadly for anyone who is innovative (I applaud that use, by the way. Perhaps visual and fine artists can now see themselves as movers and shakers and not wait around for a patron or gallery to “make” them.).
Anyways, I beg to differ about there being no map. So I did some research to see what the mood is out there about maps:…….
All of which is saying that I’m not the only one who disagrees with “there is no map.” (There are more who agree but I’m not writing about them).
There most assuredly is a map.
Mostly we’re ignoring it because we’re afraid of picking the wrong direction or creating a new route (where we might run into monsters). We might be wrong. We might get laughed at. Or we could be Chris Columbus and discover that the world is round and there is no edge to fall off of.
Okay – Seth would argue here that those who are afraid aren’t artists (linchpins). That it is the artists/linchpins who would sail off the edge of the world only to find it is round.
I would argue that, with the right map anyone can be an artist (and you can define that any way you want…I still mean anyone). Being an artist (whatever your definition) is so not an elitist thing! It can be taught. There are maps.
We are all traversing topography that has been traversed before. And it has all been mapped.”
Click here to read the complete post. To read more of Godin’s views, visit his blog here.
Image in the post is of Vitale, from her blog.
