On trusting your own process

To do it, we must tap into our true, authentic self. This means that creativity is the process of learning to trust oneself.

While the emotional undercurrents of self-doubt can serve the art, they can also interfere with the creative process. Beginning a work, completing a work, and sharing a work—these are key moments where many of us become stuck. How do we move forward, considering the stories we tell ourselves? One of the best strategies is to lower the stakes.