Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Carpentry putting ourselves out there means

putting ourselves out there means there's a far greater risk of getting criticized or feeling hurt

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Chapter 4: Working with Owls

Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Carpentry putting ourselves out there meansWritten by artists, for artists, this survival guide explores the way art gets made, the reason it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart like people; essentially statistically speaking there aren't any people like that. Geniuses