{"id":4942,"date":"2020-09-03T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2020-09-03T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:22:49","slug":"6-minutes-of-witchcraft-competition-collaboration-creativity-in-the-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tempest\/2020\/09\/6-minutes-of-witchcraft-competition-collaboration-creativity-in-the-craft.html","title":{"rendered":"6 Minutes of Witchcraft: Competition, Collaboration, &#038; Creativity in the Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_4947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4947\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4947 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2020\/09\/b-hare-e1599160508454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"468\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from \u201cHare + Serpent\u201d painting by the author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>As I\u2019ve been pretty busy working on projects and getting out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TYo23upMtGqS-9RG4dtW8gHwdec3rAf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Witchual Workout<\/a> every day, my \u201c6 Minutes of Witchcraft\u201d videos have been on the backburner. Then yesterday as I was working on a book cover, I finished up the most recent episode of the latest podcast I was listening to, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/homespunhaints.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Homespun Haints<\/a>. I sat down to figure out what I was going to listen to next when Amy Blackthorn\u2019s latest episode of the Blackthorn Grove podcast showed up in my feed.\u00a0 I figured that was definitely a poke from the Fates, so I had a listen.<\/p>\n<p>The subject was competition in Witchcraft, and Amy had a lot of poignant things to say. Here\u2019s a direct link to that episode\u00a0 \u2013 (note there\u2019s some dead air in the beginning in a spot or two, so move ahead if you don\u2019t hear anything): <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/BlackthornGrove\/episodes\/Competition-in-Witchcraft-ej0cme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/BlackthornGrove\/episodes\/Competition-in-Witchcraft-ej0cme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought about the episode more as I made dinner and then got ready for my weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/owlkeyme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Patreon<\/a> Zoom experience with my patrons. I actually found myself with about 20 minutes to kill \u2013 and my tablet was charged, so I did a spontaneous 6 Minutes of Witchcraft episode. (More thoughts after the video\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"6 Minutes of Witchcraft: Competition, Collaboration, Creativity\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-bAlFh-uKBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Competition in Witchcraft (or the Arts) is a rather silly thing, no matter which way you stir the cauldron. There\u2019s a difference between wanting to create a successful shop, event, service, or product \u2013 and constantly worrying about what everyone\/anyone else is doing.\u00a0 And for your own personal path, all that matters is what works for your practice. It\u2019s your choice, and choice is a beautiful thing here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2016\/06\/new-womantohare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWoman to Hare\u201d \u2013 painting by the author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As I said in the video, I didn\u2019t want to repeat too much of what Amy said (be sure to listen to her podcast!) To build upon what I mention a bit more (because I could talk for hours about this), here\u2019s a couple more specific things to think about:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shops:<\/strong><br>\nI think about places that play home to several metaphysical\/occult stores that are in close proximity to each other (Seattle, Salem, New Orleans, Glastonbury, London all spring to mind \u2013 and there\u2019s many more), and what makes businesses successful in those \u201ccompetitive\u201d areas is a shop that is able to offer something unique or has a certain specialty or offering you can\u2019t get anywhere else.\u00a0 The places that look like a Pyramid or AzureGreen catalog come to life \u2013 and that\u2019s all they do \u2013 don\u2019t last long. But the ones that are community hubs, that are known for certain readers, or an extensive collection of books or tarot decks, or the best herbs, for having unique arts, etc \u2013 they tend to stick around.\u00a0 They create places you WANT to go to, that you know will have what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events:<\/strong><br>\nAs I mentioned in the video, I\u2019ve been producing events for decades. All kinds, large and small. I\u2019ve also attended all kinds of events all over the world. Just like shops, every one has a particular feel and flavor \u2013 created by the combined energies of the event producers, the attendees, the format, and (if not virtual) the location. There are events for certain traditions and magical orders, events for all paths, ones for newbies, ones for intermediate to advanced, ones that are for fun and others that are for study. Some are well-organized with attention to detail from the start and others manage on for years by despite being chaotic and haphazard.\u00a0 Some people want huge events and others want intimate affairs, some people want to be in hotels or campgrounds, and others don\u2019t want to or can\u2019t leave their homes. An event that is successful focuses on creating an experience for its attendees and working to maintain that vision.\u00a0 Simple as that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4852\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4852\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/654\/2020\/07\/frank-flores-OWzyBS-UpdA-unsplash-e1595087643713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@frankflores?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Flores<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/serpent?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Arts, Services, Originality &amp; Imitation:<\/strong><br>\nNo matter what I have done, there\u2019s always been someone out there a few steps behind trying to copy me. This used to drive me nuts when I was younger: people lifting my workshop material, copying my events, stealing my costume designs and selling knock-offs, and the list goes on and on. The thing is: those folks will always be behind me because they\u2019re following the creative source rather than BEING a creative source of their own.\u00a0 So you can either let yourself being exhausted and angry about those people, or you can leave them in the dust. Whether you\u2019re making art or offering a service, focus on what makes it special and unique to you \u2013 and people will recognize that.\u00a0 Those that don\u2019t are rarely worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also the case of what I call \u201cthe slutty muses\u201d and what\u2019s known in science as \u201cmultiple discoveries.\u201d\u00a0 That sometimes, an idea simply has seeded itself all over in completed unrelated places, spawning at all about the same time.\u00a0 No one is copying anyone, it\u2019s just that the time for that idea to come out has sprung. When presented with a problem, humans do have a tendency to work to find a solution \u2013 and sometimes those solutions can be similar.\u00a0 (I could probably make a whole other episode about copyright infringement in regards to art, illegal PDFs, counterfeit printings, etc \u2013 but let\u2019s save that for another time.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaboration:<\/strong><br>\nThe best communities and relationships involve active collaboration and celebration of diversity. Working together fosters respect, enables understanding, and grows wisdom. Different viewpoints, paths, backgrounds, and experiences help us all learn, strive to work harder, and thrive together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competition in Witchcraft is a rather silly thing, no matter which way you stir the cauldron. 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