You call yourself an artist?
I rarely call myself an artist. I fear that it will be met with an eye roll. “Ooooh…you’re an artist….” I’m willing to admit this is a projection on my part. I now realize that it goes farther than not being willing to call myself an artist.
But let me start with what I do call myself.
I do call myself an actress.
I even qualify it by saying “I’m a musical theater actress.”
I do call myself a dancer.
Despite the fact that I’m not a trained dancer I’ve been teaching dance for the past eleven years and so I feel confident saying that.
I do call myself a voice coach.
I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of students, and pretty sure I know what I’m doing there.
I do not call myself a writer although I’ve written a musical that’s been produced twice.
I do not call myself a composer either, although I composed music in said musical.
I’ve just recently started calling myself a creative entrepreneur. My passion is developing business, brand awareness and corporate creativity…I don’t love calling myself an entrepreneur, but it really explains what I do on Linkedin. 
I find that super interesting, don’t you? At what point do you start to feel comfortable identifying yourself with what you really do all day long?
And why do I feel like by saying I’m an artist (which I have been since I stepped onto that stage when seven years old) people judge me?
I’ll think on that. You think on that. Get back to me if you figure it out….
