Patti Johnson

I know this because I've seen this problem manifest a thousand different ways in a thousand different artists.

So let me give you an example.

I'm working with a member who came to me.

She was completely overwhelmed.

She had a list of about 30 things she needed to do.

Update her website, build an email list, apply for residencies, reach out to galleries, post more on Instagram, update her CV, fix her artist statement, resource collectors, apply for grants, take another course, you name it.

She wanted to do it.

Some days she did nothing.

She was so overwhelmed.

Other days she worked on stuff, but without purpose.

So she wasn't pleased with anything she produced.

And my guess is, is that some of this, at least some of this feels familiar to you.

So when she took the assessment, it didn't tell her anything surprising.

And I think this will be the case for you, right?

Like she already knew that her website needed work.

Her email list was non-existent.

So it wasn't a surprise that she scored low on that, right?

But what it did do is it gave her a clear order.

Start here, then do this, then that.

It showed her that her audience and narrative scores were actually pretty strong and