Your Creative Push

Courtney Brooke is a photographer and conceptual artist who explores the ties of the feminine to nature and spirituality through the lens of nostalgia.  Her works focus on the concrete questions that grapple with our existence and by emphasizing aesthetics, she creates work through the labor-intensive processes as a personal exorcism ritual. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/courtneybrooke In this episode, Courtney discusses: -What she means when she says that her art and photography is like a personal exorcism. -How she ended up sharing her photographic work and building an audience accidentally. -How her Instagram started as a personal account, and then eventually she started sharing her work on there. -The importance of having your own website or your own “domain” where you make the rules. -The notion of separate identities as an artist and as a person. -Having an “elevator pitch” prepared so that you can describe to people what it is that you do. -The importance of being selfish and making sure