5 Sure Ways to Kill Your Innate Creativity:
1. Spend all your creative time thinking about art, buying supplies for it and looking at others work but never actually making art yourself.
2. Compare your work to everyone else.
3. Constantly replay the one negative criticism you received instead of the 10 positive ones.
4. Believe that everything you create should be great.
5. Expect that you can make great art without hard work and fighting Resistance every step of the way.
Most definitely guilt of #1, so the other 4 never happen..... I do believe acceptance is the first step to healing... Thank You!
Posted by: Sandy | April 07, 2012 at 09:58 AM
Great stuff! Thanks for the reminder. I should print this and stick it next to the computer.
Posted by: JenCozz | April 07, 2012 at 02:46 PM
Oh no! I think I've mastered this. Especially no.1! :-)
Posted by: Hagit | April 07, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Yeah ... #1 gets me every single time.
Posted by: Melanie K | April 07, 2012 at 05:58 PM
hahah, lol I'm am guilty of all 5. Thanks for the kick in the a**
Posted by: Christine | April 07, 2012 at 07:52 PM
Powerful reminders! Well done.
Posted by: Paula | April 08, 2012 at 05:30 AM
Wow sounds just like all the things I do wrong. Thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: vikki | April 08, 2012 at 09:26 PM
I'm firing my psychiatrist. I'm only listening to you now. LOL. I've loved the last two posts! Apparently I'm not the only one in the universe this happens to.
Posted by: Misty | April 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM
how good to know i'm not alone. i can use this in art and my writing. thanks.
Posted by: Michelle Gregory | April 11, 2012 at 02:05 PM
I love this post. I need to print it and post it by my computer and in my studio! #1 and #4 are my big issues. Thanks!
Posted by: CindyB | April 12, 2012 at 07:22 AM
Great reminders! So true!
Posted by: patsy | April 15, 2012 at 03:16 AM
This is so true, and very well said. Thank you for sharing this, and for reminding us that we are not alone in these self defeating notionas. For me, the antidote (and my mantra) is this:
DO THE WORK!
Posted by: Robin Robboy | April 26, 2012 at 05:42 AM
I've just found your blog and very glad to have done so! This post was good for me to read....I'm always second guessing my self or telling me that I'm not that good. Gotta quit that!!
Posted by: Margo@Legacy of a Single Girl | June 02, 2012 at 03:50 PM
That's it! Well no wonder my muse is missing! You are a Genius!!!! Thank you!
Posted by: Marva | November 28, 2012 at 07:46 PM