Honesty Is A Crucial Part Of The Creative Process

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It's a hard word, vulnerability. Very personal, very open, but it is essential to the creative process, regardless of the medium.

First, vulnerability ensures that we are honest with our art. For our art, we must infuse what is uniquely us into our work. If we do not, then what we are making is neither genuine nor essential. We have held back that which only our perspective can provide and have not done our best. We have to be vulnerable with ourselves to make our best, honest work. If you do that, your strengths and weaknesses collocate on your creative canvas to provide your best color palette. And it is that blend of colors, your treasures and your pain, which is the best thing, the only thing you need to make and share.

Second, vulnerability is essential to the act of sharing in the creative process. Much like not being honest with ourselves when we create, if we do not make ourselves vulnerable in sharing our work, then we are not doing our best work.

    “Vulnerable is the only way we can feel when we truly share the art we’ve made.” - Seth Godin, V is for Vulnerable

Showing the world something that you made is hard enough, putting something that you honestly made up for the world to interact with is even more difficult. You have to leave your art alone for the world to love, hate, or ignore. Much like watching your child walk for the first time, you have to let it go.

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