Comments on: Fear, creativity, and the stock market http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm Thoughts and art of Daniel Sroka, whose abstract photography reveals the physical and spiritual grace of the simplest elements of nature. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: FormFire Glassworks http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28066 FormFire Glassworks Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:23:40 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=188#comment-28066 The important thing to remember about any creative endeavor is that although there are financial, temporal and emotional outlays, we need not to just expect the financial as a return. The emotional and creative return on our investment is just as critical both as reward and as a path to our creative growth. I found that as I began to focus heavily on the financial part of my business, I began to lose a grasp on the creative part of the process. In this time of fear, it is important for us not to lose focus on why we do this in the first place. The important thing to remember about any creative endeavor is that although there are financial, temporal and emotional outlays, we need not to just expect the financial as a return. The emotional and creative return on our investment is just as critical both as reward and as a path to our creative growth. I found that as I began to focus heavily on the financial part of my business, I began to lose a grasp on the creative part of the process. In this time of fear, it is important for us not to lose focus on why we do this in the first place.

]]> By: Paul Grecian http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28060 Paul Grecian Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:46:27 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=188#comment-28060 From a strickly financial standpoint, I also think of making art as being like investing. However, it is only investing if you know what you're doing and understand the market (at least to some extent). If you run your art as a business, then it is investing. The same way one would do research on a company they want to invest in, artists should research their own potential and how best to achieve it. All investing has an element of the unknown though and much of the "investing" going on today is nothing more than gambling. I invest in my art with a knowledge and experience enough to expect a certain return. I sometimes gamble on a new type of image making or process, but always with a sense of what I am gambling away if it doesn't work. From a strickly financial standpoint, I also think of making art as being like investing. However, it is only investing if you know what you’re doing and understand the market (at least to some extent). If you run your art as a business, then it is investing. The same way one would do research on a company they want to invest in, artists should research their own potential and how best to achieve it. All investing has an element of the unknown though and much of the “investing” going on today is nothing more than gambling. I invest in my art with a knowledge and experience enough to expect a certain return. I sometimes gamble on a new type of image making or process, but always with a sense of what I am gambling away if it doesn’t work.

]]> By: cynthia http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28055 cynthia Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:30:06 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=188#comment-28055 I had to pop back over this morning and apologize for getting political - doh...guilty of GOG - gross over generalizations, my new favorite acronym. This post and the discussion on fear have given me a lot of food for thought - thank you for bringing it up. I had to pop back over this morning and apologize for getting political – doh…guilty of GOG – gross over generalizations, my new favorite acronym.

This post and the discussion on fear have given me a lot of food for thought – thank you for bringing it up.

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28054 Daniel Sroka Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:23:48 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=188#comment-28054 Paula, yeah, it sounds like a simple question: "do I buy a printer or not?", but it does represent a significant creative investment. Getting that printer is taking a step towards a new way of expressing your art, and that can be intimidating! Paula, yeah, it sounds like a simple question: “do I buy a printer or not?”, but it does represent a significant creative investment. Getting that printer is taking a step towards a new way of expressing your art, and that can be intimidating!

]]> By: paula http://www.danielsroka.com/blog/thoughts/fear-creativity-and-the-stock-market.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28050 paula Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:13:38 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=188#comment-28050 good post dan and so very true. for artists and other types of self employed people the hard times we see out there are magnified in our heads easily. not just what is out there, like you said, what is going on with your creativity or whatever. I have fear just buying that printer, no kidding, real FEAR! good post dan and so very true.
for artists and other types of self employed people the hard times we see out there are magnified in our heads easily.
not just what is out there, like you said, what is going on with your creativity or whatever. I have fear just buying that printer, no kidding, real FEAR!

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