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There’s something I do, and it’s a little silly, but it works for me…

I think about what I want people to say about my art. 

Like. In my head. I imagine the praise I want to hear, all the different cool things people could say. I go full-on fantasy, Castiel and Luke Skywalker in the Louvre. 

And then I say those things to myself.

It will feel wrong at first—you’ll be reluctant to imagine potential praise. You’ll be skeptical. But that’s the point; if you can’t believe you saying it, you’ll always need others to say it. That’s why so many people give up art before they get anywhere. You need to believe yourself first, and that takes practice, but you have to practice it as much as you practice any other skill. 💛