Christine Kane is a singer / songwriter from North Carolina who also has an interesting blog about creativity. I just discovered her blog today but she seems like a great example of the new independent artist; creating a body of work, working on self-promotion and coming up with different ways to support herself and her work. For example, Kane also does retreats for women four times a year that sell out months in advance.
She has a really great post on how to not take thing personally, something that’s especially a problem for artists. My experience on my film Breathing Room was that I took the response to the film personally even though the response wasn’t really that bad. Here’s Kane’s first suggestion and it’s very apros pro.
1 - SWSWSWSW
This stands for “Some will. Some won’t. So what? Someone’s waiting!” It means that some people are going to love what you do. Then, there will be those who visit your blog, look at your paintings, listen to your songs, read your poems, review your resume - and they’ll shrug and say, “Yea, not so much.” So what? Somewhere out there someone is waiting for your gift. And if you have to keep working on your craft, or wait a little while, that’s okay!
Christine Kane - How to NOT Take Things Personally: A Practical Guide
This is important advice for any artist. Just so true; there are people who hate your favorite movie and love the film you walked out of the theater on. There’s just too many people and too many opinions to think you’re going to get everyone to like you.
Here’s a video of Christine in concert…
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