Stop Thinking Yourself Out Of It!

The other day I was thinking about my work and I just wasn't happy. I began to wonder, is it good enough?  Who will like it? Why would anyone like it... and my brain just went into a tailspin...

Until, that is, I put my hands on clay and just started working...

Once I had my hands on clay I stopped caring what other people thought. I stopped wondering about my work and I was just glad that I was sculpting. I was just excited to be working.

Later, it occured to me that there are two different modes that we can be in as artists: our thinking mode or our feeling mode.

When we have our rational cap on we can ask questions like "Is it good enough?"  When we have our feeling cap on, however, we change that questions from "am I good enough?" to "How can I make this happen?  What do I need to do to achieve this?"

And there is a universe of difference between those two ways of thinking, isn't there?

So, my question to you is, is there an area of your art that you've been very critical of lately? That you've disconnected with and are now just arm chair critiquing?

My challenge to you is, to get into that medium and just start working.  Stop thinking about it and just start doing it.  Look for changes in your perspective and see if you achieve a deeper understanding of yourself.