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Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop—an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight
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James Clear • 6 Famous Artists Talk About What It’s Like to Overcome Fear and Create Beauty
Many artists suffer from a fear that their art isn’t good enough to sell, or that they won’t be able to sell enough of their art to make a living—ever. This fear is the result of a way of thinking about life and about art—a mindset.
Cory Huff • How to Sell Your Art Online: Live a Successful Creative Life on Your Own Terms
ART when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing. When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He distur
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