Comments on: Mean Secret Rules & Why We Obey Them

By: Cynthia Strickland

Cynthia Strickland — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:56:02 +0000

Wonderfully said Mona! Thank you!

By: Mona Lindvall

Mona Lindvall — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:41:37 +0000

I love what I do! Is it good? I like it enough to keep creating. I’ve put my work (translation: myself) out there in the marketplace for others to see, and am delighted when someone loves my work enough to spend their hard earned money on it. But, I also know that art is subjective…and we can’t please everyone!
(Trust me, I didn’t always feel this way. But I figure, at nearly 50 years old, what do I have to lose?)
Truly, what do any of us have to lose? I say, just keep creating. At the very least, we’re happier when we’re creating, aren’t we?

By: Deb H - Sea Air Arts

Deb H - Sea Air Arts — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:26:41 +0000

Yowza! Sara, have you been eavesdropping on my brain activity??? Thanks for helping to wash-out my thinking ;o)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:40:16 +0000

@Cynthia–Thanks for sharing this! I think soooo many of us wrestle with these thoughts–and boy is it super hard when you actually have your stuff out there in the marketplace, which can been a very indifferent environment, which why it takes a lot of courage to have your stuff out there. Whew, have I been there with those feelings! Keep fighting those unhelpful thoughts and yay for having your work in the world! The world needs more creators!

By: Cynthia Strickland

Cynthia Strickland — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:12:27 +0000

Hi Again,
My link didn’t seem to work in the above comment. You can find me at http://www.facebook.com/CksStudio80

By: Cynthia Strickland

Cynthia Strickland — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:50:42 +0000

Boy is this ever true. It is such a way to sabotage ourselves and so often we are not even aware of it. I am quilty of this pretty much on a daily basis. Most of the time I hear the ugly thinking and have to have a talk with myself, but it still blocks the creative process. My latest is “I am not really an artist because my things are not selling, so maybe they are no good” or “I have no formal training so I can’t really call myself an artist”. Well, of course I know this is not true, but this sort of thinking certainly gets in the way and slows me down. Thank you for acknowleding this, as I am certain we all fall into this at one time or another.