What if confidence isn’t something you need before you begin? So many of us wait until we feel confident enough to make the painting, send the email, have the conversation, apply for the job, share our work, or try something new. But confidence may have the whole thing backwards. In this episode of The Art Coach , I’m talking about something I learned from watching my grandson learn to walk. He…
There is a kind of stuck that does not look like stuck. It looks like competence. You are making, you are finishing things, the proportions are right and the color is handled, and anyone looking would say it is pretty good. And then you stand in front of it and feel almost nothing, because you know something they do not. It is correct and empty. It looks like art, and it does not feel like yours.…