Hello creative friends,
     I went to my physical therapist yesterday (recovering from a fall @ work).  He twisted me into a pretzel to stretch my back & I must have said ouch because he asked "sorry, does this hurt?"  I told him "yes, but it's a 'good ow'."  My muscles were being stretched in a way they weren't used to being stretched.  I've been in such pain lately that my body instinctively tightened here and pinched there, in an effort to accommodate my injury.  So, when Brett twisted me, I said "ow".  It was good for me and, in a way, felt good.  But it was still an "ow" because those muscles weren't used to being stretched like that.  Not in the correct way.
     In a similar way, my art biz is stretching my creative muscles.  At times, they pinch.  At times, they say "ow".  But sometimes, they say "ahhhhh, that's a good 'ow'!"  They're learning to move in a different way and are being stretched.  I'm learning.  I'm growing as an artist.  As a businesswoman.  It sometimes smarts, but, overall, it's a really good stretch...a really good "ow"!