{"id":1183,"date":"2010-01-04T08:16:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:49:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:49:20","slug":"being-introspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/01\/being-introspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Introspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Year usually brings about a lot of introspection for people, so I thought I&#8217;d post three interesting and introspective business articles that can easily pertain to the arts, keeping on track and gearing up for 2010.<\/p>\n<p>1) If you&#8217;re thinking of starting your own business or even already have your own company I thought this gave some basic, helpful tips and offered positive reassurance for those already into entrepreneurship,\u00a0 <a title=\"How to be your own boss article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/23\/AR2009102304302.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to be your own boss<\/em><\/a>, by Laura Cohn, Washington Post:<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the accompanying illustration of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon. This of course reminded me of <a title=\"Casart coverings website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">casart coverings<\/a> and the concept of our transforming butterfly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/01\/ph2009102304303.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1184\" title=\"Illustration by Tim Grajek For The Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/01\/ph2009102304303.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration by Tim Grajek For The Washington Post\" width=\"228\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Finding the right balance between work and being creative can be difficult as Insider Music Business discusses in <a title=\"Resolving Art versus  Business article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insidermusicbusiness.com\/blog\/resolving-art-versus-business\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Resolving Art versus Business<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) Finally, if you&#8217;ve hit a stumbling block or want to try something new, this will get you started, <a title=\"55 Ways How to Find Your Hidden Talent article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com\/blog\/how-to-find-your-hidden-talent\" target=\"_blank\"><em>55 Ways How to Find Your Hidden Talent<\/em><\/a> from the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>All this introspection and creative thinking got me rethinking about how I can add an <a title=\"Interactive Casart post on casartblog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/archives\/1940\" target=\"_blank\">interactive feature<\/a> to <a title=\"Casart coverings website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">casart coverings<\/a> so customers can envision our designs in their own personal room settings and voila, I think we found something new to try. 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