🐎 Opportunity knocks #42
Reflection: "Don't move a finger. Let it come to you." Plus opportunities from NASA, voice acting, licensing art, thumbnail design and more.
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👋 Dear creative! How are you doing today?
Long time no see.
I took some time off from writing to you all. I needed some distance and time to focus on myself, to gain more clarity on what I wanted to do with YCL and my other newsletters.
After a fasting experience, I do feel sharper, and the result is simple: not looking left and right at what others are doing, and remembering that joy and intention matter more than ever. The laboratory spirit of this newsletter prevails, and I want to resume some of the fun formats I explored a few years ago. Dropping the pressure, numbers, the engagement or not, and moving forward with what I want to say and share.
Don’t move a finger. Let it come to you…
Well, that is exactly what you have with these Opportunity Knocks issues. You do not move a finger, and yet you receive an opportunity you did not chase, and that is quite nice. I have had opportunities invite themselves directly to me, with my name on them, and those are precious.
In this new era of noise and hustle, deciding not to lift a finger to receive an opportunity is a counter-narrative. What if it just kept popping up again and again simply because you decided not to chase it? What if, through that shift, it flowed right to you? Give it a try.
I am.
The words we rearrange in our mind, rearrange our life.
Natalia Beshqoy
✦ Did you miss the last post? A live drawing for the art club.
☕ Grab some tea or coffee, and let’s go!
🐎 Opportunity knocks
Here are the latest opportunities I stumbled upon. There are many cool grants, funding, competitions, and more to enter to experience progress. I hope this week’s list will help you move one step closer to your goal.
🎬 Join Roster and create content for leading creators (Roster is an AI hiring platform for companies that need to make content; their algorithm analyzes the style of content you want to make, and matches you with candidates like video editors and thumbnail designers. Their platform has experts who work with top creators like Ali Abdaal, Jesser, and MrBeast. ⟶ Join and apply to the gigs.)
👁 Freelance Graphic designer (Graphic Designers at Bellweather work on all design tasks, from visual conceptualization to final delivery of production-ready files. This position is a 6-month contract (minimum 20 hours per week) with options to extend to full-time. ⟶ Send an email with portfolio, resume, and cover letter.)
💥 Win 2x2 tickets for the Forward festival (Subscribe and get a chance to win a duo ticket to Europe’s leading creativity festival, featuring speakers such as Stefan Sagmeister. I only recently discovered the festival, and it looks very promising. I am definitely keeping it on my radar for next year. ⟶ Bonus: Submit your work to the Mooon Exhibition, a virtual gallery showcasing every creative discipline you can imagine.)
🇫🇷 Print designer (The Maison Marine Serre is looking for its new talent. In collaboration with the Studio, the Print Designer is responsible for the entire creation and development of the collection's prints, from initial creative research through to the final production of printed fabrics. ⟶ Part-time. Location: Paris.)
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