But thank the universe for wonderful women. I have been working with Anna Sexton, my genius guru (www.opentoarts.com) who has given me inspiration and belief to progress where failure has seemed the order of the day. We have monthly telephone coaching sessions, and I come out of them feeling as if these Crow! dreams will become reality.
And then, check this out….
I decided I needed PR, so I surfed the web, cold-contacted an ethical PR company and Helen Trevorrow (www.greenrow.co.uk) agreed to give me 30 mins of her time.
Out of curiosity, I followed her on Twitter, only to find, posted a couple of days before our initial contact, ‘…I’ve 666 followers – please someone else follow-me before I am attacked by a frothy mouthed rottweiler or oversized crow’.
Oversized Crow?…that’s my bird! Anyway, long story short, I went in with my 4- and 6-year old, we all sat round the table and Helen and Jane – another wondrous woman – told me to forget PR, set up as a business, write my business plan and get a professional fundraiser to raise the cash (in return for 10%).
And words that ring in my head every day…’If you need £126k ask for it.’ Fellow artists, we do not need to be passively skint!
Women, oh women, this is inspiration. I have permission to be successful and business-like in my art. Thank you for all your amazing generosity of time and spirit, and your wisdom.
