68: How to Create a Career in Art Part 15/15 5 Ways You Can Evolve in Your Creative Journey

Published: Nov. 4, 2015, 12:19 a.m.

Staying freshly inspired is something that fuels your new work and evolution.\nCreating a high profile career in fashion and lifestyle photography is gratifying, but what it took from me to get there is\xa0the real gift.\n\nDuring the last ten years of creating this career, I\u2019ve learned a few things that might be useful to the up-and-comers. In this collection of episodes, I break\xa0down the process that I used to make a living with my art.\xa0These tips go beyond my\xa0world of photography and\xa0transcend into any creative venture.\n\nThe lessons can be useful if you\u2019re into illustration, fashion design, fashion\xa0blogging, music, performing arts, writing or any other creative hustle. Think of it like the DNA of a\xa0creative professional. Think of it like\xa0the building blocks of inspiration.\n\nThis is the fifteenth \xa0installment of my 15 part series on how to make a career in art.\nIf you\u2019re in the act of creating and you\u2019re moving in the right direction, you\u2019re growing.\n\nSome things we learn in this podcast:\n\n \tWhy evolve or evaporate stuck out to me from Usher\u2019s episode [1:40]\n \tWhy you can\u2019t become stagnant [2:30]\n \tHow artistic evolution ebbs and flows [2:55]\n \tWhy you have to always push your boundaries [3:15]\n \tWhy you have to get out and travel [4:15]\n \tTry a different craft or hobby [5:20]\n \tWhy it\u2019s important to create for yourself [6:10]\n \tWhy you have to be in the mind space for creating [6:55]\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\n \tListen to past episodes mentioned in this podcast:\n\n \tEpisode 67 with Lewis Howes\n \tEpisode 38 with Usher\n\n\n \tRead The War of Art by Steven Pressfield\n \tMusic Credit: Canteen by Feverkin