What if You Gave Yourself the Gift of Inner Acceptance?
(because in the end, creativity is a gift to the creator, not just a gift to the audience).
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
What at last began to quiet the voices and dismiss the deep-rooted psyche-bashing work of The Fraud Police was simply this: after hundreds of signings, after talking to thousands of fans, I started to believe that what I did was just as useful as what they did.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I prioritized my private success ? Then we must take the second step of acting in a way that honors those desires rather than our fears or the waters we swim in.
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
Many of us spend our lives pursuing private acceptance through external success. But no matter the award or honor, our inner doubts will remain. True acceptance comes from inside us. It takes asking ourselves challenging questions like: What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I p... See more