Comments on: When visibility leads to safety.

By: Trafficking in Art: To Hell with Market Research. : ShindigDADA

Trafficking in Art: To Hell with Market Research. : ShindigDADA — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:14:36 +0000

[...] I stole the title. Well, part of the title- the part that says “To Hell With Marketing”. Though I suspect Havi would feel empowered to know that many others( Fitforpaper.com among them) have embraced one of her many battle cries. Though she would probably think of it more like “working through the stucknesses that get in the way of doing your thing”…. (she’s sweet that way) [...]

By: katinka - spirituality

katinka - spirituality — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:14:27 +0000

I’m in awe at your blog. Despite being in the online space, I’ve totally missed out on this blog.

The comment Zen… wish I’d thought of it… (may borrow it some time). But the visibility = safety thing: I relate to that. It’s turning that way for me too :) It will enable me to go to India for a year and not turn a sweat :) Not quite what you meant perhaps, but part of me can’t believe it.
.-= katinka – spirituality´s last post … Using spirituality and psychology as a defence =-.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:13:31 +0000

Dear Havi,

Not only do you have secret video cameras implanted in people’s brains (mine, for instance), you also have one implanted in the Yijing somewhere. I’d never imagined that a 3,000 year old oracle had a port to plug in video cameras – shows what I know.

Anyway… you know you wrote about invisibility and safety, and I wrote about Hexagram 36, Hiding Brightness, which is very much ‘light under a bushel to keep safe’ stuff? I think I might have mentioned that the ‘seed hexagram’ at its core is Release, that experience of not being on puppet strings and being able to choose your own path according to whether it actually goes to where you want to be. Also of forgiveness, like the release of tension in the air after a thunderstorm.

Well… there are four hexagrams that contain each of these inner-challenge, seed-like core hexagrams, and the next one with Release at its core is called Beauty, or Making Beautiful. It’s all about being visible, like a flower is visible: the form that brings the essence to full expression.

On the face of it, it’s a bit of a mystery that Hiding Brightness and Making Beautiful could both contain the possibility of Release. Not so much of a mystery if you have a secret video camera, however.

By: Self-Evidence + Authenticity: A blog challenge from Dian Reid « Spiral Song Creative Arts

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:57:46 +0000

[...] being invisible, sometimes — and yet, as my hero Havi Brooks gently suggests, there is also safety in visibility. Besides, if I want to be an artist — if I want to express myself — then I need to have [...]

By: To hell with market research | Fit for Paper: print design done right

To hell with market research | Fit for Paper: print design done right — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:15:29 +0000

[...] I have to thank Havi for inspiring me to write in my natural voice. Oh, and I also stole her subtitle. This entry was posted in Random, Tips and advice and tagged Random, Tips and advice. Bookmark the [...]

By: pat

pat — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:13:50 +0000

Havi, thanks for this post! It comes at a time when I’m working on let’s call them publication anxieties. Really really useful and supportive and timely. Thanks for making this visible!

By: cottage copy » Friday Roundup: On planes, dreaded technology, and wookie sounds

Fri, 28 May 2010 20:07:49 +0000

[...] Holly hopped on her plane, she wanted me to share this great post from Havi with you on how being big can make you feel safer. As always, Havi makes you feel less afraid of biggification, especially when you create a great [...]

By: laurie johnson

laurie johnson — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:53:57 +0000

Havi – your brilliance is showing again and comes to me at the moment I need to hear it the most. Lately, I have been in such a struggle around how to market my authentic self among people who probably don’t appreciate my ‘muchness.’ And I struggle to find my voice, both in my blog and in my way of introduction. So this was a perfect gift for me today – a reminder that I have built a community of people who love me and support me. That “It” will happen. I know it will. And I love the bonus gift – a visibility condom! Lovely~~~

By: shindigdada

shindigdada — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:59 +0000

wow. i am speechless. it is as though you are speaking directly to me in terms i can understand. i can read all that marketing for artists tips and tricks and all teh psychobabble about putting my work out in front but you hit it right on the head.

i have been invisible because its been safe. and i seem to be able to appreciate how being visible can be safe too.
and maybe i can make strides with that.

cheers.
.-= shindigdada´s last post … Trafficking in Art: Advertising =-.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:38:11 +0000

Havi,
All I can say is WOW! You are taking all the doubts I ever had, and responding to them in pretty much the same way that little voice in my head tries to — except you are much more persuasive! Must be that super professional vocabulary that’s so convincing. :)

Seriously.. I just found you by pure chance through a link to that Twitter guide, which I loved, and decided to check out some more posts… a couple of hours later, I am still here. And the only reason I’m about to take a break is because it’s lunch time and my stomach is rumbling.

I’ll be back though. You have been bookmarked, and you have a new Twitter follower (though I’m still stumbling around in the dark there). I just wish I had discovered your blog sooner.

You’re my new hero. I want be just like you… um, I mean I want to be like me, but like you. You know.. Human. That’s the word I was looking for. I always had this feeling that maybe there is no reason to pretend to be anything other than myself. Your blog is proof that I just need to trust this feeling.

I can’t really express how awesome it is to read something that resonates so much and calms my doubts and that I instinctively know is so right… so I will just close with a big THANK YOU!!!

Lisa.