I Hate Marketing

All I want to do is make art. Paint, sculpt, draw, collage anything but marketing. I want to share my art, and sell enough so I can keep creating art, and marketing, takes time away from making art. It’s a dilemma for any artist, small business or service provided. I can’t afford to hire a web designer, social media expert, analytics specialist, marketer or anything that will help me sell my art. So,I spend time YouTubing videos, following other inspiring artists, gathering new ideas, to understand how to do things as simply as I can. I often spiral down huge rabbit holes, that make my head spin until I feel like it’s going to burst. I hate it, hate it, hate it! I know, I know hates a strong word, especially 3 times, but I wish digital media came easy directions. I even tried AI to write my website, but hated (there’s that word again) how the descriptions sounded. It wasn’t me and I didn’t want anyone “unleashing their inner artist” with their morning coffee. I just wanted to share my art, perhaps some inspiration and a moment to reflect how delicious their coffee tasted in a handmade mug. It’s an overwhelming conundrum I don’t think I will ever win. So, I take on small pieces at a time. I couldn’t figure out shipping so I put it off till I had time to tackle that. I didn’t have an email list and put it off until I came up with fun ways to gain subscribers. I still hate sending emails, I keep thinking where will email be in 10 years. How many emails do I delete a day? A lot. Maybe we will all just have chips implanted somewhere inside us, accessing more then just my passcodes. Who knows? All this rambling is a reminder to self, to go make some art, and turn off this distracting computer.