An essential component of an independent artist’s career isidentifying the intersection of passion, purpose, and publicneed.

Having drive and clear goals to pursue in the creation of workfosters a lasting impact on creator and audience alike.

Today’s guest has developed an organization and performancemodel that truly harnesses her personal experience, discipline, andcreative voice to meet a vital public need.

Marina Tsaplina is a versatile, kinesthetic performer andfounder of The Betes Organization.

She blurs performance lines, integrating highly expressivephysical precision, mime, clown, puppetry, object theater, silence,text, music and improvisation to create pieces of wonder, mystery,beauty, and breath.

The Betes’ work is focused exclusively on the illness experience-- developing methods and creating opportunities for people toconsider their chronic ailments in the context of theirself-identity through theatrical engagements, discussions, andgroup exercises.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn About:

• Developing business savvy as a creator
• Asking profound questions to guide your personaltrajectory
• Tapping into a network for guidance and support
• Collecting creative source material through interviews andoutreach
• Crafting difficult subject matter to be digestible whilehonoring both beauty and pain
• Therapy vs. therapeutic work
• The dialogue of creative intention and audienceinterpretation
• Identifying the intersection of personal passion and publicneed
• Taking ownership of your personal and artistic value
• Creating revenue models based on content, goals, andaudience

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