Grow Your Art Through Discouragement (Said No One Ever)
By Erik Peterson
If we know that discouragement is absolutely not a recipe for success, then why do we often resort to it in our art? Â
We tell ourselves we aren’t good enough. We nitpick the smallest of mistakes. We say things to ourselves we would never say to a friend.
As a result, our art suffers and we suffer.  Isn’t there a better way? (Wh...
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