The Real Work of Art: Make Art Anyway is a collection of personal stories and reflections. These reflections can live as a gentle companion for artists who find themselves in the in-between spaces of creative life.

This work speaks to the thresholds many artists quietly stand within:
– between one body of work and the next
– between passion and income
– between doubt and return

Rather than offering formulas or guarantees, this piece names the real labour of an artist’s life through lived, truthful experiences. It recognises the emotional, practical, and internal work required to keep making when outcomes are uncertain.

Inside this PDF, you’ll find:
• Honest, reflective writing on art-making and persistence, as personally experienced by artist and writer Nicola Gregory
• Language that names the unseen pressures artists carry
• A reminder that making art is a long game
• BONUS Gentle reflection prompts for your own practice

This is not about arrival or certainty.
It’s about staying with the work through change and uncertainty, self doubt and and returning again.

Format:
– Digital PDF
– Instant download
– For personal use and reflection ONLY and studio work and reflection

Who this is for:
Artists, makers, writers, and creatives who are committed to the ongoing work of practice, especially when things feel uncertain, quiet, or unfinished. I see you and I feel what you feel.