I am of two minds. When I was in middle school I took some Stanford test to tell me if I was right or left brained. I took a Facebook quiz a few days ago that tested the for the same, and both had the same results. I am nearly dead centre minded thinker, which, according to the test, means I think creatively and analytically. The example of Middle Brain Thinkers the Facebook quiz cited was Leonardo Da Vinci. I am sure he had a much higher IQ though, even though I score pretty well there too. So, when I say I am of two minds, I mean I think with two types of approach to things. This creates a situation of paralysis by analysis for me because when I look at a problem, I see the solution from both approaches. This means that while I can see a practical and creative solution, I also see all the pitfalls of it, and then destroy it be over analysing it. This is a problem in and of itself that I need to solve, without tearing the solution to pieces.
Intellectually, I know I am a snob. I tested on another quiz that told me one of my greatest fears was stupid people taking over the world. Funnily enough, I had already written that almost verbatim on my Facebook profile about 6 or 8 months before I took that quiz.
Despite that, I do believe that there needs to be a space for everybody in the world. This does of course include a space for me, which I don’t feel I am in. Success does not always come to those who actually are capable, but also to those in the right situation and who are invited in by those who hold the keys. I need to work my own lock and get it opened though.
Of course, there is that two mindedness I spoke of at the beginning. You would think that finding a solution to my marketing issues would be easy for someone who wants to work in art as I want to. Photography is the greatest thing I can personally spend my time doing. However, despite its rewards, I am also in need of money. Money does not always come to a photographer unless he sells his work. That is where the marketing issue comes to bear.
One of the solutions obviously is to see how the successful pros do it. But I know that by looking at a webpage, I won’t see the back of the plan, and what is being done in addition to the webpage. That is where I need links and contacts who can help out. Maybe it is time to mine Linked-In? I need good tips from people who have made it, and tips that may be available to someone on my current income.
Then again, if there is by chance anyone out there in the whole world who actually DOES read this little blog of mine, feel free to drop in a suggestion in the comments section! Meanwhile, I will get my hat and boots, and my pick-axe, and my shovel and go a mining!
Kelsey J Bacon
Worcester, England