Laura Hollick – soul artist, model, dancer, radio personality, writer, owner of the Soul Art Studio, spiritual teacher, featured on the cover of magazines, vibrant soul, inspirational… and so much more! This is why when she asked to interview me, I was so excited, honored… AND NERVOUS!!! (more…)
I’ve been mentioned in 37signals‘ Weblog, Signal vs. Noise! The post, called The Word Entrepreneur and Its Baggage, questions whether or not people like me should be called an ‘entrepreneur’ or if this term is a bit outdated.
Personally, when people ask me what I do for a living, I tell them that I’m an artist. I never once called myself an entrepreneur, even though I work long hours trying to grow my business. Why? Maybe it’s because I work long hours to support my artwork. I created my business, Soniei’s Contemporary Art, so that I could make paintings. All this business stuff is to support my passion for art. Although, I must admit, I’m having fun with the business side of things too.
Nevertheless, if someone were to call me an entrepreneur, I wouldn’t care either. I wouldn’t even give it a thought. It’s just another label. Call me what you want because it doesn’t affect me one way or the other. But, one thing I DO care about is that…. I’m in Signal vs. Noise! Yoohoo!
Thank you so much to Linda Bell for writing a blog post called, There is something special about Soniei.
Your appreciation for my art gives me great joy. : )
Lloyd Lemons, a microBusiness advisor, writer, copywriter, marketing consultant (and much more!), posted an article on his blog called Soniei, an artist and a MicroBusiness?. The article touches on my experience and challenges of merging my passion for art with business and marketing. (more…)
I want to thank Michael McCrea, from sohohelpdesk.net, for writing such a lovely blog post about me and my roommate, Peter. It’s so sweet!
If you want to get an idea of what I was doing before all this Soniei’s Contemporary Art business, and where I met my friend Peter over 5 years ago (CDI), you must read this blog post called “Soniei’s Contemporary Art and Information Technology“.
Michael, you’re the best! I do miss the days when we used to hang out at CDI* College!
PS. For those who have bought my art for the past few years, you might be surprised that I used to be an Oracle Developer (relational database management system… say what?).
PPS. For all of you out there… if you can’t pronounce ‘Soniei’, you can always call me Melissa. Or Jimmy, or sexy nerd girl, or whatever you prefer.
*CDI College of Business & Technology, where the IT peeps chillax yo.
