I find myself within a dilemma, I have the ideas, i have the studio space so why aren’t I starting. I find myself with reasons not to begin and am preferring to spend my time thinking and shearing my work to date.

I now understand a bit more about why I chose not to leave Project 24 as Eoin arrived. The past few weeks have been challenging. Returning to my personal 3 R’s

Reduce … my workload through…. Revalue … of what I do and…..Rethink.

Is it OK to be small ? ( Small is the new big or it was in 2005.)

I recently received mentoring from Carrie Neely. She is in the business of Art, well known and respected, she happily shared her knowledge and experience. True to her aim of “of helping emerging local artists make a name for themselves’

The workshop presented key considerations about my work and how I talk about it and link the different threads together.

I have returned to a jigsaw that I produce a few years ago that forced me to think about my personal motivations.

Being pod-less for a few weeks has given me space to try an work out how i blend my different projects together so that my different output make sense.

How to frame your creative expertise?
This article follows on nicely from the seminar on management and leadership, where we identified different character traits an how this can me applied to management and leadership skills. Understanding what k… — How to frame your creative expertise?

This article follows on nicely from the seminar on management and leadership, where we identified different character traits an how this can me applied to management and leadership skills. Understanding what kind of leader you are and what kind of manager you need to be.

This article written by Tara Mohr, on 99U applies a similar technique to understanding the type of creative thinker you are. Of course you can pick out different elements from each description, but when she describes ‘The Called" as being passionate,having vision, provoking change and trusting, I recognised myself. I do think I have elements of The Cross Trainer and The Survivor!

What I thought was important to the relationships between these types of designers and how working together can compliment the design process.

The Specialist will have a lot of contacts that could be leveraged, The Survivor will inspire.

I identified with her assessment of me… “The Called” as "The challenge for the called is to trust their sense of calling.“ and her advice is to gather mentors around you that can correct this.

(http://99u.com/articles/7277/understanding-how-to-frame-your-creative-expertise)