“The more you become your own best champion, supporter, cheerleader, and trusted confidant, the better able you’ll be to fully and joyfully express your blessed creativity.
“That’s when your art becomes more and more successful in the world. It…
self-esteem and creative people
Sandra Tsing Loh: “Dare to Disappoint”
While many people may be encouraged to pursue their creativity, many others have had to exercise their courage and go against the values, wishes and advice of parents and friends.
Sandra Tsing Loh is a Caltech graduate in physics and an accomplished w…
Do Creators Get Power and Respect?
With the increasing demand for “content” in so many channels of entertainment and other media, are people who write, create illustrations and movies and other artwork highly respected, in high demand and getting great compensation?
Not so …
We Need Healthy Self Respect to Be More Creative
One way to think about the related ideas of self esteem, self regard and self concept is in terms of how we compare ourselves to others, which can suffocate our creativity. If you are an actor, for example (or even wanting to be one), and compare yourself with Meryl Streep or Colin Firth, do you […]
Check Your Self Concept To Be More Creative
One reason for discounting our creative abilities is comparing ourselves to other people, especially well-known and successful artists, such as millionaire novelist Dean Koontz.
And myths about artists being “crazy” or “starving”…