Saturday, August 30, 2003
The fear that you�re only pretending . . . is the (readily predictable) consequence of doubting your own credentials. After all, you know better than anyone else the accidental nature of much that appears in your work, not to mention all those elements you know originated with others. From there it�s only a short hop to feeling like you�re just going through the motions, it�s easy to imagine that others know what they are doing and that they � unlike you � are entitled to feel good about themselves and their work.
David Bayless, Art and Fear p. 24
Some [people] become perilously self-conscious. If you doubt this could be a problem, just try working intuitively (or spontaneously) while self-consciously weighing the effect of your every action.
David Bayless, Art and Fear p. 25
David Bayless, Art and Fear p. 24
Some [people] become perilously self-conscious. If you doubt this could be a problem, just try working intuitively (or spontaneously) while self-consciously weighing the effect of your every action.
David Bayless, Art and Fear p. 25