Creative Professionals

People often have a stereotype of the “suffering artist,” and they think that artists may need to suffer to produce good work. It is certainly true that artists can often use their difficult experiences in life to inform and enhance their work. However, it is untrue that the suffering itself produced great work. In fact, emotional suffering often produces artistic blocks, lack of creative motivation, burnout, lack of concentration, and other cognitive and emotional states that are not conducive to conceptualizing, producing and finishing creative work.   In fact, research on creativity reveals that a positive mood is most conducive to creating work, while a negative mood and/or mental illness impedes the production of creative work.

As a visual artist, performance artist or theater professional, you need to be functioning at your emotional best.  Maintaining your stamina is key in completing your creative tasks.  Maintaining your energy level is essential for you to keep motivated.

As an artist, you have chosen a challenging journey.  A career in the arts can be accompanied by periods of stress, financial difficulty, self-doubt, and worry.  It may be time-consuming and expensive to pursue your craft.  You may need to maintain a day job that may lack in fulfillment and may not pay so well.

Assisting you with your emotional challenges will help free you up to recommit yourself to your creative goals.

Please contact me if you are interested in learning more at 773-859-1822 or e-mail me.