The relationship with your art can be bad and you could not even notice it. Like every other relationship, you need to treat it with care. It is important, so you will stay creative. You can’t be creative with the negativity surrounding you. As a result, you will feel stressed and in a bad mood.
A good mentality and mindset with your art or design work is an important way to keep you motivated and productive. To check this I made a little guide for you. Check out the left column of the picture below. Is this something you say to yourself or that you do? If so, try to change your mindset to the right column. Then you turn the relationship between your art and your creative work into a healthy one.
Don’t try to force it. This thing doesn’t change in a night. But try to remember the healthy way to see things, when your thoughts turn bad again. Print this picture out and put it somewhere where you work. Then you can always look at it and check if your relationship with your art is on the right track. Or rather, on the right column.
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