We all do it. But I never had heard quite a great description of how we are influenced
until I read this great little book by Austin Kleon, "Steal Like an Artist."
I wanted to share with you 1 great piece of advice from this book that keeps me
creating, even when I don't "Feel the Magic"
Identifying and busting out of "Impostor Syndrome"
What is this Impostor Syndrome? Well according to Austin: "The clinical definition is
a 'psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their
accomplishments' When you feel like a phony, like you're just winging it, that
you really don't have any idea what you're doing."
But Austin doesn't just leave it there, he continues: "Guess What? None of us do. Ask
anybody doing truly creative work and they'll tell you the truth: They don't know
where the good stuff comes from. They just show up, to do their thing. Every day."
That, my friend, is artistic gold:
Just show up and try.
Even if you only have 15 minutes to be
creative, wouldn't you rather say, "Yeah, I createdsomething today," even if it
was just 15 minutes, rather than not creating anything? I've come up with great stuff that
I had no idea I was going to create is small 15 minute windows, just because I made an
effort, even though it was brief, it turned out to be a great start for a new piece.
Even though I haven't posted a new piece of music since last month, I haven't stopped
creating, there just hasn't been anything that's been to a finishing point yet. Day jobs
get too busy sometimes, and "life happens" BUT I've stayed creative, and kept creating
new ideas, and a lot of them are from changing my thinking about time, and just showing
up every day, even if it's only have a few minutes.
Try it! Just commit to 15 minutes and see what happens.
Now, go start something....
Austin's site is here: http://www.austinkleon.com/
His book is really good, and worth purchasing.
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