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The G.R.O.W. Your Creative Life Program
GET UN-STUCK
Finally, get past the obstacles and self-sabotage that's been holding you back. Learn proven methods to provide lasting inspiration and motivation to commit to your creativity.
I bet you can relate to this:
You’re so good at hiding that creativity that even you have trouble finding your artistic genius sometimes.
You've buried your talents for so long that you sometimes forget they exist, even though there’s always an underlying hum of creative power revving just under the surface.
Are you ready to smash your artistic block and..
👉 Embrace your purpose and call yourself an artist
👉 Find focus and joy in your art
👉 Breakthrough procrastination on demand
👉 Kick imposter syndrome to the curb
👉 Learn to trust yourself and your intuition
"The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel."
-Piet Mondrian
I see you. I feel you. I gotchu.
🤩 You want to wake up every day able to create with focus and a purpose.
🤩 You want to learn to value your artistic talents and fully embrace your creative work.
🤩 You want to make a living doing what you love: Creating your art!
You want to naturally GROW and expand in your creativity and self-expression.
And when you're GROWING
"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can."
-Neil Gaiman
OKAY. NOW LISTEN UP.
You are a different breed altogether...the artist's heart is strong in you.
You aren't meant to simply be a boring cog in the machine.
You are bursting at the seams with ideas and inspiration and you're meant to express them as a driven, vibrant, generative human!
But maybe you're tired of feeling mediocre so you've given up on your dreams of...
✔ Making a living from your artwork
✔ Showing in white box gallery spaces
✔ Simply having a regular and sustained artistic practice that brings you joy every day
Maybe you're frustrated because your current "reality," plugging away at the 9-5 office job that's sucking your soul dry, has made you believe your ideas aren't good enough to be taken seriously as a real artist.
OR maybe you're a bit of a black sheep, like I was, all alone in the pasture, wandering aimlessly with no one to help guide your innovations.
OR maybe you (also like me) aren't following the path you knew you should take, opting for the safe career instead.
Maybe you act like you have life all figured out, like you have your shit together, but the voices in
your head got you thinking that:
➡You're an imposter ⬅
➡ You'll never make it ⬅
➡ You've got not talent ⬅
IF THIS IS YOU, THE TIME TO GROW YOUR CREATIVE LIFE
IS NOW...
"Art should be something that liberates your soul."
-Keith Haring
The self-judgement, the belittling, the what ifs, and the should bes are not the truth.
They are not based on face. No matter what.
Shocking, right?
It's a myth that you can't be an amazing artist...you, the one bursting at the seams with ideas and inspiration, have a calling.
You are a driven, vibrant, generative artist whose creativity knows no limits.
If you feel like you'll never make it or you're having trouble bringing your whole self to your studio...
or that you're an imposter...
or that your creative well will run dry...
there is a way to get thirsty again.
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
-Vincent van Gogh
"But, TJ, how do other artists seem to be endlessly creative and exhibit all of the confidence in the world while I'm here spinning my wheels, sinking in quicksand and succumbing to the fear and insecurity that leaves me paralyzed by the idea of putting my creative work before the world?"
Well, let me tell you...
There were times I knew I should have been making progress on my projects but I was caught in the same limiting trap you might be in right now:
🚫 Why wasn't the creative spark firing?
🚫 Why wasn't my vision clear?
🚫 Why was I dragging my feet getting into the studio?
🚫 Why did I spend so much time caring what other people thought of my work?
🚫 Why did I feel like I was lacking passion?
What I discovered was that my artistic process was focused on everything except the process and my ability to enter a creative flow state was totally blocked.
I was too busy thinking and obsessing over:
👉 How many likes I'd get if I posted my work on Instagram...
👉 What my friends and other artists who I looked up to would think if they saw what I was working on...
👉 Whether or not I was an incompetent imposter, lacking any ability whatsoever...
...Instead of being fully present with myself and my art...where 10 hours could easily come and go as I worked away on my creative vision.
It dawned on me that I was so caught up in the destination—or where I thought I was "supposed" to be—that I wasn't paying attention to the process or the journey that was right smack in front of me.
"Action is the foundational key to all success."
-Pablo Picasso
👉 You put all of yourself out there for scrutiny...
👉 You often work on your stuff all alone...
👉 You bare your soul for public consumption...
👉 Enough is never enough...
👉 And finished never feels quite complete.
Yes, there is a process that successful artists and creatives follow day in and day out, but the secret is to adapt it to the way you best create so you can...
✔ Confidently call yourself an artist.
✔ Begin to connect with and trust your intuition and pivot your mindset.
✔ Start to see growth for the first time in your life through self-compassion.
✔ Weed out guilt and GROW into creating.
✔ Begin to experience multiple days of living and creating in flow.
✔ Master the art of taking imperfect action.
The G.R.O.W. Your Creative Life Program is a year-long group + self-paced program for Makers, Creators, and Doers who want to THRIVE in their creative life without the fear and insecurity that often comes with being an artist.
I've curated a GROWTH PLAN for fellow artists because I've learned over the course of my life what works to maximize creativity and I want to share it with you!
🍀 Sow seeds of vision and passion deeply...
🍀 Allow them to germinate and take root so that...
🍀 Your brain and heart both sprout new creative life and GROW to their fullest potential...
🍀 And make work that you feel confident about...
🍀 And stop devaluing what you have to offer to the world.
This is NOT a formula where I tell you what to do and how to do it.
This IS a journey of embodying your true creative spirit and GROWing fully into your authentic work and purpose.
So what are you waiting for? It's time to take that first step of creative action toward your authentic (artist) self. Will you join me and a group of other artists who are on their own creative growth journey?
Hey! I'm TJ Walsh an artist and artist-coach, and I've been exactly where you are right now.
I know what it's like to be a creative stuck and afraid to step out into the world and let others know what I'm really about. I know what it's like to feel like I'm not as good as others around me and decide that I should just take a back seat in the creative action.
I also know what it's like to have support, guidance and acceptance from other artists, makers, and creators. Those who are both my peers and those who have had wild success and see the same potential in me. It's that experience that makes all the difference in the creative process.
Because of this, I'm uniquely positioned to be your guide on your exciting journey toward immense creative and artistic growth.
😎 Internationally exhibited artist
😎 Work held in many private and public collections
😎 Former Creative & Artistic Director for international organizations
😎 Arts fundraiser and business development professional
😎 Curator
😎 Professor
😎 Therapist
😎 Coach
I believe that every person is inherently creative. When you are able to access the potential of your authentic self and share it with others, the world feels more alive and full.
So how does G.R.O.W. work?
G- goals: First, we connect you with your own inner knowing and your core creative spirit. We get to the heart of what you really want and desire. This is your source of inner motivation that will sustain you along the way in your growing journey.
R- realities: Then we discover what is keeping you stuck. I use a process that looks at your past and present to understand patterns of belief and behavior in your life to uncover beliefs and reprogram them so that you can see yourself and your path more clearly.
O- options: We begin to uncover your unique creative expression, your passions and what really drives and motivates you. This is what makes you stand out from the crowd and attracts people to you and your art.
W- ways forward: Then I help you take those big steps that life is asking you to take and become the artist that you are. This can look like setting boundaries, making time for your art, or taking big leaps to put yourself and your work out there.
1.) A dedicated Facebook community where like-minded artists support and encourage each other.
2.) 2x structured live coaching group calls on Zoom per month with TJ and special guest experts, leading art professionals, and artists to help you GROW.
3.) 6x 1-1 creative mindset sessions throughout the year with TJ, scheduled once every other month.
4.) New monthly pre-recorded training from content from TJ to help cultivate your growth.
5.) Art Buds (Accountability/growth partners).
6.) Downloadable guides, journal pages, and planning documents that will help keep you on track and accountable with your GROWTH process so that you can achieve your creative goals.
BONUS: 7.) An artist profile that you can use to promote yourself and your work to the people that you want to get yourself in front of.
BONUS: 8.) Special access and rates to exclusive trainings and other premier learning opportunities.
Every successful artist has mastered 5 skills. In the G.R.O.W. group coaching sessions and through self-paced modules, you'll add these tools to your artistic palette so that you can cultivate and refine your artistic process:
1.) Persistence: Persistence is the quality that will allow you to continue GROWING even though the process of growth is difficult or opposed by other people. As an artist, you need persistence to:
👍 Improve and/or perfect skills
👍 Learn new skills
👍 Finish individual pieces of art
👍 Build an exceptional body of work
👍 Build a successful art career
👍 Sustain an art career
2.) Patience: Patience is the quality of calm endurance. As an artist, you're passionate. I bet you're either enthralled or disgusted with your work (one or the other). As you develop patience, those highs and lows will even out. It's similar to persistence, but while persistence is more of a discipline, patience is more of an attitude. You can be persistent without being patient. Most of us have to learn patience (I know I did).
3.) Passion: Passion motivates you to create. It is the driving force that keeps you making art even when there seems to be no other reason for it.
4.) A Sense of Adventure: You start the day you're born and travel down a winding road until your last day. You never know what may be right around the corner, over the next bridge, or through the deep woods.
The creative process is just like that. It doesn't matter how much you plan your next piece, there's not a guarantee it will turn out the way you meant it to. Happy accidents happen all the time, and a successful artist will recognize them and capitalize on them.
You have to have an adventurous spirit if you want to explore subjects or themes or tackle a familiar subject in a different way. Even when a well-planned painting or drawing, song, or poem takes an unexpected turn and you end up outside your creative comfort zone.
5) Discipline: Persistence, patience, and passion are necessary, but they need to be properly harnessed in order to really help you be your best.
Out-of-control passion can have you jumping from one project to the next without finishing anything. You need to discipline it with persistence and patience in order to finish artwork that can then be promoted and, hopefully, sold.
Persistence without discipline of passion becomes dry and dreadful.
And no matter how adventurous you might be, if you lack the discipline to keep putting one foot in front of another—or making the next stroke of paint or pencil—you'll never get anywhere.
The artistic life is not boring...but it does require many of the character traits often used by business people, athletes, and others whose drive and willpower make them successful.
1.) A dedicated Facebook community where like-minded artists support and encourage each other.
2.) 2x structured live coaching group calls on Zoom per month with TJ and special guest experts, leading art professionals, and artists to help you GROW.
3.) 6x 1-1 creative mindset sessions throughout the year with TJ, scheduled once every other month.
4.) New monthly pre-recorded training from content from TJ to help cultivate your growth.
5.) Art Buds (Accountability/growth partners).
6.) Downloadable guides, journal pages, and planning documents that will help keep you on track and accountable with your GROWTH process so that you can achieve your creative goals.
BONUS: 7.) An artist profile that you can use to promote yourself and your work to the people that you want to get yourself in front of.
BONUS: 8.) Special access and rates to exclusive trainings and other premier learning opportunities.
