The truth about your creativity
Dear Creative Soul,
Sometimes you see someone's amazing artwork and go completely still inside. In that instant you know that you will never be as good an artist as that person.
Sometimes you read someone else’s work, and you feel you will never be able to write as well as them.
I’ve felt this countless times, and in the past these feelings have kept me from creating.
I have learned something, though. I know this one truth in my life:
My work is different, because I’m differentYou can never write like that one writer you admire so much, because your life took way different paths than theirs. You can’t paint like your favourite artist because your art wants to express your emotions, not theirs.
Thoughts like these are poison.
They start to fill a blank page with loads of fears and other negativities before you can even put pen to paper or brush to canvas.
The moment you allow those thoughts in, others follow, adding so much pressure to your creativity.
The blank page can suddenly display your parents telling you that being an artist isn’t a job (aka the: “you need a plan B" speech).
These emotions can come from the sum of all of this and more: your inner judge.
So, all this leads to this truth: when you create, you are a warrior too. Every day you face your fears, the words of your peers, the thought of not being good enough, and you sit down to create.
Every time you create, you win a sometimes hard fought battle.
And that is the best feeling in the world.
Create on!
Sylvia