If you have an idea that haunts you, an idea that you must put into a tangible form and share it with the world before you die or else you will feel like you have failed at being human, then this newsletter is for you.
(If you read that opening sentence and thought, This writer is banana-pants crazy, I have no idea what they’re talking about, this newsletter isn’t for you. It is for your friend who is a musician or artist or baker or writer or perhaps a little “quirky” in a way you’ve never understood, so go ahead and forward them this post. They will be happy you gave them a present. You will be happy, because it feels good to make our friends happy, and you just saved yourself all the time of reading something that isn’t going to resonate with you.)
For those of us with a vision buried in our bones, I call us creatives. Creatives have the ability to take a completely intangible vision, that exists only in our minds, and give it form.
Creatives’ mediums are wide and ranging. I (obviously) am a writer, so I shape thoughts into words, opening doors to alternate realities via reading. You open doors to alternate realities in your own way, perhaps through songs, or drawing, or a delicious feast by star-light in an open field. You may identify as a painter, musician, actor, puppeteer, baker, architect, photographer, fashion designer, chef, computer-game coder, knitter extraordinaire, or an infinite amount of other things. What I know about you is, you possess an extraordinarily high rate of idea-phoria. (The ability to come up with new ideas quickly and frequently.) Because of your innate idea-phoria there’s a high probability you have one main area of creative expertise, but your creative work spills over into other mediums and formats. If this writing fell into your hands, I know you have discovered your primary medium and have invested time into your craft and skills.
Craft refinement shows acceptance of your ability to turn ideas into reality. This acceptance is one of the things that sets you apart from the majority of the population. Everyone has this creation skill, but a large portion of the population has been conditioned to bury, or chosen to ignore, it. We creatives are unable to ignore our compulsion to create. At times it feels like our lives would be much simpler if we just acquiesced to “normal” and let go of our creative visions. A few of us have attempted to disregard our innate need to create, and if you’re like me, that resulted in mental health crisis and/or physical breakdown. Our “normal” is to move those ideas out of our bones and into the world so that our creation can impact someone else and help them do whatever that person is supposed to do with their life.
This newsletter is here to help you get your creation in front of the person who needs it.
Yes. Someone needs your creation. Just like you needed that song when your mother died. Or that book when you couldn’t get out of bed. Or that piece of art when everything else in the world looked like straight up garbage. Your creation can inspire, motivate, and transform someone else—and that’s why you have that compulsion to bring it to reality.
Deep inside, you’ve accepted there is a person who needs your art, and you’re feeling frustrated because you aren’t sure how to get it to them. That’s why you’re reading the oddest little business book ever written.
This oddest little business book is going to help you and your creation change somebody’s life.
(Because people need and want this information immediately, I have chosen to release The Oddest Little Business Book as I’m writing it behind a paywall. As a business coach, I know when you invest financially in yourself and your craft, it is the first step towards you owning your worth as a creative. When we invest money in our creative career, it gives us the confidence to ask for and receive money in exchange for our creations. Thank you for subscribing. You are worth the investment.)
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