Archive for the ‘I’m afraid to create.’ Category
Why Trusting the Process is Bullshit
You have to show up for the creative process. You have to practice your art every day. But you don’t have to trust it. What you have to trust is something much harder than the process.
In: Everything I do sucks., I can't get inspired., I have a horrible inner critic., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block. · Tagged with: creative block, faith, fear, process, trust, writers block
Your Deepest Fear: It’s Not What You Think
Conventional wisdom aside, our deepest fear is neither our inadequacy nor our power, neither our failure nor our success. It’s something else entirely.
In: I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block., I'm just not creative. · Tagged with: anxiety, authentic self, authenticity, criticism, deepest fear, failure, fear, honesty, inner critic, overcoming fear, self, shadow, shame, success
You don’t own your creativity.
I’m back to the visual arts as my primary artistic outlet. It’s because I remembered why I stopped writing creatively when I started my job as a grant writer so many years ago: I needed to get out of my head come five o’clock. And although I returned to my writing for several of the [...]
In: I can't get inspired., I have a horrible inner critic., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block.
Overcoming Fear by Aligning with Your Authenticity
In the continuing saga of doing one thing each week that scares me to death (or at least to paralysis), this week I submitted a query for a guest post to one of my new favorite bloggers, Bindu Wiles. So just as a little background, I started Freak-out Friday on August 6 to force myself [...]
In: I don't know where to start., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block. · Tagged with: authenticity, fear, self
Excavating the Deep History of Creativity
We are all born with one thing in common: the impulse to grow. No baby is expected to stay six pounds, or eight pounds, or ten, for very long. The world looks on us expectantly from the moment of conception: How big are you now? And how about now? And now? The word grow can [...]
In: I can't get inspired., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block., I'm just not creative. · Tagged with: Demeter, Persephone
Stark Raving Monday v4: Questioning Self-Doubt
It’s something I always do: I get all gung-ho about a project, dive right in — and then choke. I question my motives, my commitment, and most of all my qualifications and credibility, my ability to compete with the big boys and girls. I’m almost 41, and many days I still feel like I’m 12. [...]
In: Everything I do sucks., I have a horrible inner critic., I have no support for my art., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block., I'm just an amateur.
Soul in the Hands
I could wax poetic about the importance of home decorating and its relationship to environmentalism. Someday I will but not tonight because I’m exhausted from caring for two small boys overnight, each with their own sweet needs, with barely any sleep for myself. So I’m going to bed. Soon. I’m just here right now to [...]
In: I can't get inspired., I don't know where to start., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block.
Freak-out Friday v.1: Five Little Lessons about Fear
So a few days ago, I promised I’d be doing one scary-to-me thing each week between now and my birthday (November 5). I’m not talking skydiving or snake handling. I’m talking things that could build my business but that I procrastinate on because I’m too afraid. My goal is that, by the time my birthday [...]
In: I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block.
Fear is the Most Divine Emotion
What holds you back? Listening to my husband talk over dinner tonight, I realized that for him, it’s distraction. He’s like the puppy chasing after shiny buttons on visitors’ shirts: Hey, look at that blog! Hey, look at that cartoon! Hey, look at that funny website! Though he can buckle down and focus when the [...]
In: I can't focus., I don't know where to start., I have a horrible inner critic., I'm afraid to create., I'm in a creative block.
