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Film Courage: What is creative burnout and how does someone know that they have it?
Artist, Writer, and Board Certified Coach for Artists & Creatives, Sasha Patpatia: It’s kind of like a lack of willingness at a certain point to get there. You don’t even want to. There’s just no more drive left, your tank is empty and that’s a complete message from your body, mind and soul to recover and rest and slow.
You can even be firing on all cylinders going on the biggest world tour with your band and experience burnout. You are being called to come within and recover and rest and slow. There’s still so much to do when we’re triggered with burnout and the to-do is not external output. It’s not all about output. It’s putting in too. Maybe that’s a spa day, maybe it’s calling people that you love and having their reassurance. Maybe it’s sleeping a lot. What is it? I’m dancing around the idea of self-care but like practically speaking. It’s go take care of yourself. Go fill your tank up and find a way to bring balance when you step back to your craft or whatever project you’re on so you can go the distance without meeting yourself at rock bottom again at that burnout stage.
Film Courage: This is slightly off topic but do most musicians or bands actually dread going on tour just because it’s so taxing?
Sasha: Some really live for the road. That’s more a question of just the person, the human than it is the type of art they’re up to. Some people just live for the road. Other people would rather sacrifice a successful music career than have to be on the road again. It’s such a spectrum of preferences…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
About:
Sasha Patpatia is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and board certified coach for artists & creatives. She loves to be around and support the growth of talent, professionalism and people creating beauty for this world. Growing up as a musician, Sasha closely documented her local music scene colleagues through creative writing which led to her first professional opportunity as a freelance music journalist while in College. Upon graduation she segued into artist marketing and national sales roles within independent outfits and major labels in Los Angeles. Drawn to the mysterious and visionary minds of high achieving artists, she worked alongside an elite team of A-list film composers, managing day-to-day business affairs and assembling talented teams of musicians and producers. In working closely with commercially established creatives, she saw that there is a clear discernment between how commercially successful work and personally meaningful work are not always in alignment. With a mission to participate in the arts community in a radically different way than the status quo, Sasha discovered the skill of Coaching and became professionally trained and certified in this new field. Through coaching, Sasha is able to partner with artists and other inspired souls to support them in taking their art and business to the next level. Sasha’s coaching and consulting agency, True Vision Studios, offers bespoke partnership opportunities that enable individuals and creative teams to move past confusion or fear, and into bold, uninhibited productivity. Sasha believes that creative suffering inhibits creativity and produces more angst than art. It takes an immense amount of courage, collaborative support, and the audacity to respect & follow one’s own ideas to realize true creative achievement.
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