{"id":580,"date":"2021-04-28T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=580"},"modified":"2021-04-28T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T14:28:24","slug":"120-mistakes-are-okay-with-tania-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2021\/04\/28\/120-mistakes-are-okay-with-tania-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"120: Mistakes Are Okay with Tania Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8635\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-580-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/120-TaniaAhmed-4_27_21_9_45_PM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/120-TaniaAhmed-4_27_21_9_45_PM.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/120-TaniaAhmed-4_27_21_9_45_PM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/120-TaniaAhmed-4_27_21_9_45_PM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=580-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('580-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_580-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_580-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=580-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e9a108e3200b-500wi\" alt=\"TANIAQUOTE-sm\" title=\"TANIAQUOTE-sm\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef0263e9a108e3200b-popup\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this episode of The Adventures in Arting Podcast, Mom and I chat with\u00a0<strong>Tania Ahmed<\/strong>\u00a0about her life in the craft industry.\u00a0 Tania is smart and insightful and totally down-to-earth.\u00a0 I really enjoyed my conversation with her and related to so much that she said and I think you will too.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t want the conversation to end because there was so much to talk about.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tania\u00a0Ahmed is an art video maker and tutor based in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bdece0054200c-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed Profile picture\" title=\"Tania Ahmed Profile picture\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a lifelong crafter, she has blended her\u00a0multi crafts experience to hone her mixed media and papercraft work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bdece5059200c-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed (4)\" title=\"Tania Ahmed (4)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She draws her inspiration from diverse cultures, bright colors, bold graphic design, and eclectic patterns.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef026bdece0064200c-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed\" title=\"Tania Ahmed\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She has taught at several independent craft stores and workshops&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025edc4200d-popup\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025edc4200d-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed (3)\" title=\"Tania Ahmed (3)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;demonstrated at international trade and consumer art and craft shows&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025ed8a200d-popup\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025ed8a200d-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed 1\" title=\"Tania Ahmed 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;been published in creative magazines, and currently designs for companies within the arts and crafts industry.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025ed92200d-popup\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c766153ef02788025ed92200d-500wi\" alt=\"Tania Ahmed (5)\" title=\"Tania Ahmed (5)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some things we discuss on the podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>making videos without fancy equipment<\/li><li>creating daily Reels videos for instagram<\/li><li>setting goals<\/li><li>This fabulous thought from Ira Glass:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;Nobody tells people who are beginners \u2014 and I really wish somebody had told this to me \u2014 is that all of us who do creative work \u2026 we get into it because we have good taste. But it\u2019s like there\u2019s a gap, that for the first couple years that you\u2019re making stuff, what you\u2019re making isn\u2019t so good, OK? It\u2019s not that great. It\u2019s really not that great. It\u2019s trying&nbsp;to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it\u2019s not quite that good. But your&nbsp;taste&nbsp;\u2014 the thing that got you into the game \u2014 your taste is still killer, and your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you\u2019re making is kind of a disappointment to you, you know what I mean?<\/em><\/p><p><em>A lot of people never get past that phase. A lot of people at that point, they quit. And the thing I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work, they went through a phase of&nbsp;years&nbsp;where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn\u2019t as good as they wanted it to be \u2014 they knew it fell short, it didn\u2019t have the special thing that we wanted it to have.<\/em><\/p><p><em>And the thing I would say to you is&nbsp;everybody goes through that. And for you to go through it, if you\u2019re going through it right now, if you\u2019re just getting out of that phase \u2014 you gotta know it\u2019s totally normal.<\/em><\/p><p><em>And the most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work \u2014 do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week, or every month, you know you\u2019re going to finish one story. Because it\u2019s only by actually going through a volume of work that you are actually going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you\u2019re making will be as good as your ambitions. It takes a while, it\u2019s gonna take&nbsp;you&nbsp;a while \u2014 it\u2019s normal to take a while. And you just have to&nbsp;fight your way through that, okay?&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>teaching online classes<\/li><li>design teams<\/li><li>networking<\/li><li>social media as a portfolio<\/li><li>self-worth, ambition, and confidence<\/li><li>hard work<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/altenew.com\/\">Altenew&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;marketing<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.typepad.com\/balzer_designs\/bullet-journal\/\">Bullet Journaling<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/juliacameronlive.com\/basic-tools\/morning-pages\/\">Morning Pages<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are our recommendations for this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tania:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1936891026\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=balzdesi-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1936891026&amp;linkId=1d612f333737e47a17bd1278971354fa\">The War of Art<\/a>&nbsp;by Steven Pressfield<\/li><li>Julie:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aFJZdS\">WRMK Envelope Punch Board<\/a><\/li><li>Eileen:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/14\/magazine\/jo-van-gogh-bonger.html\">The Woman Who Made Van Gogh<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Tania online:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/taniaahmedcreative.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/taniaahmedcreative.com\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taniaahmed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taniaahmed\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/taniaahmedcreative\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/taniaahmedcreative<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have more great guests lined up for upcoming episodes.&nbsp; You can expect a new episode every other Thursday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you enjoy the podcast, please tell a friend about the show.&nbsp; This helps other people find the show.&nbsp; Thanks so much!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of The Adventures in Arting Podcast, Mom and I chat with\u00a0Tania Ahmed\u00a0about her life in the craft industry.\u00a0 Tania is smart and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}