075: DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF from anything you want to create (w/ Yliana Paolini)

Yliana Paolini is a constant doubter, doubting from herself to the universe itself.  She is an artist from Luxembourg who likes to create, but doesn’t see herself as a GREAT artist, just somebody who is willing to go beyond her comfortable zone to get more of what she loves, which is passion itself.

Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/yliana

In this episode, Yliana discusses:

-How doubt is something that is prevalent with creative people and how it never seems to go away.

-A bit of history in her tattooing career and why she decided to go into music.

-How her tattoos are for pleasing other people, but her art and music is for pleasing herself.

-How she feels after just releasing her first EP.

-How she had to find a balance between the tattoo artistry and the music.

-Her advice for anyone who already defines themselves in one particular field of art or creativity that is thinking about trying a completely different form of art.

-How the main thing that held her back and still does to some extent is her ignorance in knowing what she wanted.

-How her ego held her back from pursuing music because of the imagined limitations it placed on her.

-The fear that people have to jump into something unknown, but how we should all do it anyway.

-How simply thinking positively isn't enough -- you have to take action.

-Working on and mastering her EP with a Grammy winner.

-How doing art and tattooing gives her balance and a form of meditation, which leads to peace of mind.

Yliana's Final Push will inspire you to understand that it is YOU who decides what to do with your life. Quotes:

"Music is the way I can express myself in the best way."

"Music for me is my healing tool."

"I think I found myself some sort of balance."

"First of all you need to believe that you can do it."

"We all have a different way of learning.  We all grow in a different rhythm."

"Just let that little light from the end of the tunnel shine through and guide you to create something."

Links mentioned:

"How Music Works" by David Byrne

"Who I Am" by Pete Townshend

"Donnie Darko"

Connect with Yliana:

Website / Facebook / Crutz / Crutz on iTunes