Archive for the ‘Everything I do sucks.’ 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
Is criticism failure?
Last night I dreamt I was being supported by two strong women: one on the ground before me holding my feet, the other right behind me holding my back. Today I felt knocked over a bit by the world — I was criticized by someone I didn’t expect it from — and I kept coming [...]
In: Everything I do sucks., I can't focus., I have a horrible inner critic., I have no support for my art. · Tagged with: criticism, fear
On Writing, Art, and the Layered Look
The summer before my sophomore year of high school, I was reading a fashion magazine and trying to figure out how to spend my limited funds to clothe myself just right for the new school year. I was fifteen in suburban America, and this was The Most Important Decision Ever. A big headline on the [...]
In: Everything I do sucks., I'm in a creative block.
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.
Changing Chores into Creative Acts, or: What’s the Opposite of Creativity?
I finished the ceiling draping in the family room. Each drape is now a hammock for a portion of the kids’ stuffed animal menagerie, solving not just the problem of the ugly exposed ceiling beams but also the problem about where the animals would live. So there’s that. I am counting this as my creative [...]
In: Everything I do sucks., I can't get inspired., I have a horrible inner critic., I'm in a creative block., I'm just not creative. · Tagged with: addiction, creativity
High-Risk Reframes: How Positive Thinking Can Backfire
The reframe can be one of the most useful, and one of the most dangerous, tools in the psychotherapist’s or coach’s box. It’s when you state a reality back to the client that casts what he or she has been saying in a whole new light. For (a really simplistic) example, if you’re complaining about [...]
In: Everything I do sucks., I have a horrible inner critic., I'm a parent., I'm in a creative block., I'm just not creative.
