Some helpful back and forth about some admittedly self-centered soul-searching brought up this gem from Barbara Klaser on the advantages of the internet that offer writers the opportunity to show their stuff as never before:
It’s as if the world wide web is everyone’s mother pasting even our least artworthy drawings on a big refrigerator, and I see nothing wrong with that.
I love that image.
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What a wonderful thought. There is some really creative stuff out there that I never would have seen, heard or read and I love it all.
Thanks, Susan. I’m drawn to that refrigerator image even more since recently seeing so many refrigerators like that in TV and movies, where I think set designers may be sending their own message about creativity.
Validation and audience are important to creativity. Creativity is often carried out in solitude, but appreciated and built on in interaction with others. It’s important, in sharing and comparing our work to that of others, to be careful not to let our comparisons break down our own motivations and dry up our creative juices through harsh self-judgment.
We celebrate a baby’s first stumbling steps. I don’t see why we shouldn’t celebrate every artist’s as well.