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Kristen's avatar

I really struggle with that spontaneity Cregger practiced. A judge in a painting competition told me once that my paintings lack emotion because they're too planned. I think about that a lot and really try (and fail) to set out without a blueprint. It's scary to "open the hidden door in the basement" and not know where you're going.

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Megs for days's avatar

I often find that as the first audience to my work, I am also my harshest critic. There was a quote someone passed along at one point and I’ve forgotten the exact words, but it basically boiled down to critiquing your work as bad while you’re creating it is like eating the ingredients of a cupcake before you’ve baked it and calling it a bad cupcake (something like that). Anyway, I like this idea of finding the fun, so I definitely plan to keep asking myself that as I write.

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