So, I don't have the greatest self esteem and I know i'm my biggest problem. Not in a horrible way, but i'm what is holding me back from being amazing at things I love, because I know for a fact I can be. I have that potential, but i'm so fearful about everything it's like I cannot move forward. I keep worrying i'm not good enough, that I won't get anywhere etc. and it really gets me down sometimes.
I know i'm not a bad artist, but sometimes my heart isn't in it because i'm so worried what i'm creating is going to turn out bad. Which is NOT good.
Because then my art doesn't look appealing on a deeper level and people have begun to notice and they think I don't have a passion for art.
I do! It's just being suffocated under all my worry and fear.
I need my heart to be an active component in my life, but I don't know how to get there.
Because of this, it constricts my self esteem and my creative expression.
What do I do about this?
I want it gone.
Any ideas?
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Hmm... litte miss, you are extremely creative. And you know your amazing at anything you put your mind to!
Maybe one thing you could put your effort into, is to letting things go. You and I are very similar I think, being born under the same sign and element, and I know where your coming from when you say that you feel like its hard to get past the worry.
Do you remeber me saying how I was nervous about my fiance leaving me, even though I know he won't?
It took so much effort to make those thoughts go away. But any time they would pop into my head, I would literally say no to them, and tell myself something positive instead.
And eventually, you just stop thinking those thoughts because you work so hard to rid yourself of them.
Maybe apply that to each art piece you do? Maybe say a positive affirmation before starting each piece, something like " I'll have no doubts about my talent, and this WILL be an amazing piece."
Idk I think it would help
-Tara
Maybe one thing you could put your effort into, is to letting things go. You and I are very similar I think, being born under the same sign and element, and I know where your coming from when you say that you feel like its hard to get past the worry.
Do you remeber me saying how I was nervous about my fiance leaving me, even though I know he won't?
It took so much effort to make those thoughts go away. But any time they would pop into my head, I would literally say no to them, and tell myself something positive instead.
And eventually, you just stop thinking those thoughts because you work so hard to rid yourself of them.
Maybe apply that to each art piece you do? Maybe say a positive affirmation before starting each piece, something like " I'll have no doubts about my talent, and this WILL be an amazing piece."
Idk I think it would help
-Tara
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Ah. I relate very strongly. You sound a lot like how I use to be. Unfortunately, my problem solved itself, so I can't give you any real advice.
The only thing I can recommend is that if you are showing the artwork you mentioned and are afraid of it being seen as less then you know it is, you could try something I've done before. I use to glamor my photography before I showed it. I don't know if it was well-received because the glamor actually worked, or because it was just good, or because my confidence made people expect it to be good, but either way confidence was the key thing. Believing that my pictures would be liked made me able to present them with pride and without fear.
Maybe you could glamor your artwork. Heck, maybe you could glamor your heart or your life, lol.
The only thing I can recommend is that if you are showing the artwork you mentioned and are afraid of it being seen as less then you know it is, you could try something I've done before. I use to glamor my photography before I showed it. I don't know if it was well-received because the glamor actually worked, or because it was just good, or because my confidence made people expect it to be good, but either way confidence was the key thing. Believing that my pictures would be liked made me able to present them with pride and without fear.
Maybe you could glamor your artwork. Heck, maybe you could glamor your heart or your life, lol.
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