Day 71: the moment of self-realization 🤖
our theme this week is working through self-criticism
Hey Creatives,
This Tommy Siegel cartoon gave me a good giggle:
To be human is to feel bad sometimes. To be a creative person is to evaluate yourself and the world with a focused eye. Not everything is good.
Take a minute to bring to mind a person who thinks everything they do is perfect. Who thinks they never do anything wrong. Who never feels bad. Never thinks critically about themselves.
That person is probably kind of awful, right? Not someone I’d want to be (or someone I’d want to be friends with).
Not all self-criticism is bad. But there’s the kind of criticism that makes you better and there’s the kind that holds you back. Discernment is a skill. We’re going to work on it this week.
For today,
Has there been a moment where you felt like a “true artist”?
Do you have a sense of humor about yourself or your creative work?
When has criticism (from yourself or others) held you back?
When has criticism helped you?
XO,
Lindsay
Sometimes I will look at my reflection while cleaning brushes and just think, "wow! I am actually doing this!"
I don't know that I have a sense of humor, but I do have a sense of patience that I didn't use to have.
When I was a kid, a very sensitive kid, someone gave me what they thought was constructive criticism. It didn't take into account my level of ability or share anything good about what I had shown. I held that against myself for nearly 20 years!
This was really my own criticism, but it helped me to do things over and over until I was satisfied. That was a new experience. Used to be that I would just throw my hands up in the air and move on to something different.
Thanks for the questions, I enjoy them.
Kendall Stewart
PassageTwenty20
I've made friends with my inner critic. She often times will tell me to stop and walk away from my illustration and return with fresh eyes. My inner critic has led me to embrace colors that , previously, were not considered in my palette. The awesome result from dedicating to this 100day project, has been my growth in myself and my artist yield. Including a daily practice of fun, that is often labeled "discipline" and that IS growth