About this episode
This episode discusses the painful aspects of making art, including criticism and toxic influences, while exploring solutions and engaging in a creative exercise.
Making art can hurt — even when you're fully bought into The Artist's Way. This week Cameron tackles criticism and toxic teachers, and we suspect she's drawing from some personal experience. Her descriptions of creative wounds ring painfully true; her solutions, less so. We dig into her motives, push back on her advice, and have some fun with her mad-libs exercise. Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.
People in this episode
Host: Cameron
Topics covered
- art
- criticism
- toxic teachers
- creative wounds
- The Artist's Way
Keywords
- art
- criticism
- The Artist's Way
- creative wounds
- toxic teachers
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