Cassandra's "work speaks for itself.
It's worth every dime."
- Diona Reese Williams
shared during our 30th Creative Partnership session
I invite you to sink into this moment here with me
I've designed an audio-visual journey for us to move through together.
This journey is my expression of what it means to be in Creative Partnership with me.
If my definition of what it means to be a Creative Partner matches your needs and desires and the needs and desires of your creative dreams, we may make an excellent match!
What is a Creative Partnership?
- designed to support creative entrepreneurs through their entire creative process (not just the easy, answerable parts)
- based in reciprocal trust and mutually galvanizing joy (we're here to lift each other up!)
- both individuals within the partnership hold the rights to design the partnership (you are just as much a part of this partnership as I am)
- six coevolving elements weave together to form the foundation of the Creative Partner role
The hands serve as the focal symbol for this work
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Listen and watch me read the poem & share the why behind the hands
Read the transcript
coming soon
Six elements weave together to form the Creative Partnership basket
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While designing this audio-visual journey, I wondered if "coevolving" was a word in the dictionary, or simply in my create-my-own-word dictionary (which I highly recommend you create if you don't already have one!).
Coevolution is a thing beyond my own world. Wikipedia told me so.
In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution ... The term sometimes is used for two trains in the same species affecting each other's evolution.
The elements of a Creative Partnership have coevolved since I started working with Diona Reese Williams, the amazing human who initiated me into the world of creative partnerships (continue onward through this journey to read the text message that started it all!).
The elements continue to coevolve with other Creative Partner clients of mine.
These elements are not static. They are living, breathing and dynamic.
Let's touch in to each finger, to each element
Deep dives are welcome here.
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The thumb nurtures. Think of a "green thumb." A baby sucking their thumb.
Through my role as a tech tool whisperer, I'm able to tap into how a tech tool can nurture you and your creative process.
I cut through the sales pitches and the "shiny new thing-ness" of tech tools and ask the real question: will this tech tool support you and your creative process?
Will this tool hold your hands how you like them to be held?
Will this tool be your creative match?
We genuinely partner with the tech tools who will best support you in realizing your creative work.
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Pointing directly at the desire reveals a clear purpose. Embodying your clarity, desire, and purpose supports you in marketing and networking.
I support you through an integrated, holistic approach to expression, visibility, marketing, and networking.
I call in this integrated approach because marketing can often be an after thought or an "always thought." It can be ignored or it can overwhelm one's to do list (often because online marketers are telling us we must create gobs of content).
Marketing and networking can coexist with your creation processes.
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The middle finger offers a lot of opportunities to us! One opportunity is balance.
In the video below, I offer a simple experience of pointing both of your middle fingers down to the earth and noticing how it might shift your sense of balance.
As a systems steward, I tend to and walk alongside you as you tend to the systems in your creative business.
What systems you ask?
- project management systems
- standard operating procedures
- personal knowledge management systems
- customer relationship management systems
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about the ring
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about
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about
the thresholds that begin our partnership
three steps to begin our journey together
How did Creative Partnerships come to be?
To put it succinctly: Diona texted me and asked me to support her and her business. She felt the call to initiate this creative partnership. I accepted the call. And since then, we've been co-designing an evolving and deepening Creative Partnership together!
I'm ready to support more creative leaders!
As you read, you may find yourself nodding along, feeling a "yes," or simply feeling a pull to keep reading. Perhaps you and I are meant to cross paths. Perhaps you and I are meant to be Creative Partners on a project or for an extended period of time.
Perhaps you know someone else who is yearning for a Creative Partner. Perhaps you are the conduit to this someone and me connecting.
There truly are so many "perhaps" in this wild time in which we are alive!
If you feel a "perhaps" or a big "YES" within you to working together, you can choose one of two ways to move forward:
- Let's talk on the phone. I'll be puttering around my house or walking with the dog while we talk and get to know each other. This is a far cry from a sales call, this is simply for us to get to know one another and get a sense how our vibes dance together.
- Schedule a Momentum Session with me and we'll dive right into a project of yours. Read all about Momentum Sessions here.