Artists get feedback all the time – from the environment, from ourselves, and from other people. Sometimes the feedback can be a needed reality check. Sometimes it can provide valuable information. Sometimes it can help give us a boost in confidence. And sometimes it can be detrimental…

Marketing. Branding. Self-promotion. These words may strike fear or disdain in the hearts of many artists. They feel a bit shameless, a bit self-centered, and a whole lotta awkward. But they are also necessary because most of us are not making art only for our own delight, but also to resonate with others.