The Interview:
In this episode we sat down with Massachusetts based metal smith, Rose Koerner. Tune in to learn more about Rose’s first few months as a full time artist, how she juggles the many hats a artistic entrepreneur must wear, and how she needed to trust in herself to make one of her biggest leaps.
We Also Talk About:
- The feasibility of making art for a living
- Trusting yourself to know what’s best for you, rather than doing what people expect of you
- Reflections of Rose’s first few months as a full time artist
- Rose’s career progression as an educator to an artist
- The importance of having people in your life to support and uplift you in your work (especially when you are having doubts in yourself)
- The real impacts of burnout
- Why we need to go through uncomfortable emotions to reach the other side stronger or more enlightened
- Why we sometimes need to walk away from things we enjoy to make space for achieving our goals and dreams
- How artists can and should learn entrepreneurial and marketing skills
- Why you can’t fail if you view every experience as an experiment
- The inflated importance of social media goals and how we weigh social success as overall success
- Why rose first got into metal smithing
- The misconception that being a full time artist is only for a select few
Where to Find Rose.
Other Mentions.
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