Comments on: Creation Anxiety: The Fear of Making Art http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/02/05/creation-anxiety-the-fear-of-making-art/ Exploring the relationship between art & spirituality Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:49:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Michael http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/02/05/creation-anxiety-the-fear-of-making-art/comment-page-1/#comment-9110 Michael Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:01:05 +0000 http://sybilarchibald.com/blog/2009/02/05/creation-anxiety-the-fear-of-making-art/#comment-9110 Wow, this really applies to me! Talk about the gift/curse dichotomy. I think that this fear comes not from the potential failing in making a piece of art or design (by failing I mean failing to get close to the concept I see or feel internally) but what that "failing" might mean. Upon some reflecton, the fear is really the fear that I possibly have no talent, no vision, and maybe have reached an end to my creative resources -- or something to that effect. I was working on a project recently and my mind kept playing that "what if I can't...?" over and over again and so I decided to try and consciously access what that fear was really saying. What I was getting was that I love creation and it's an integral part of my life - what if I don't have it anymore? And what will I be then? That's about all the insight I have. Exploration of that possibility isn't something I want to do - my reason knows that this isn't the case. I'm not going to wake up one day and not have it. Just PLEASE tell that to the limbic part of my brain! Hopefully, this will be an interesting expansion on your article and may help others think about this obstacle. Wow, this really applies to me! Talk about the gift/curse dichotomy. I think that this fear comes not from the potential failing in making a piece of art or design (by failing I mean failing to get close to the concept I see or feel internally) but what that “failing” might mean. Upon some reflecton, the fear is really the fear that I possibly have no talent, no vision, and maybe have reached an end to my creative resources — or something to that effect. I was working on a project recently and my mind kept playing that “what if I can’t…?” over and over again and so I decided to try and consciously access what that fear was really saying. What I was getting was that I love creation and it’s an integral part of my life – what if I don’t have it anymore? And what will I be then?

That’s about all the insight I have. Exploration of that possibility isn’t something I want to do – my reason knows that this isn’t the case. I’m not going to wake up one day and not have it. Just PLEASE tell that to the limbic part of my brain! Hopefully, this will be an interesting expansion on your article and may help others think about this obstacle.

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