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What happens when you wipe your creative windshield clean? Is clarity truly what you seek? Maybe there's beauty in the dreary.
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Why not make art about making art? Ponder that meta question.
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Don't be afraid to be bold. Art is all around you. Art is even on you. Embrace it. Explore it. Go wild!
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Maybe you just need to look from a different angle. It's hard to see the beauty of the forest beyond the tree.
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Stop thinking the sky's the limit. There's a whole universe out there waiting to be explored.
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Reality is never as it seems. That's why you have an artist's eye. Use it.
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All you need to make art is a hand. Reach for the world.
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Just because you're alone doesn't mean you're lonely. Cherish those moments of being alone as moments to work.
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Sadness is not a time to stop making art. Tears can become your greatest artistic strength. A teary eye may be the only eye that sees the total truth.
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The constant of humanity is love. No matter who you are, you are loved.
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Art doesn't have to make sense. Art only has to make you feel. Believe in what you feel.
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Don't run from what scares you. Run towards it!
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If you can get lost in a piece of art, then it's great art.
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In art, the product is never as important as the process.
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Fear of falling will always cause artist's block. Stop looking down. Keep climbing.
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Only you can defeat your demons.
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Let your light shine onto the world. That is the artist's task.
Every creative dreads the unavoidable occasional artist's block. Whether you're a writer searching for a story or a painter struggling with your subject, you either have already, or probably will again contend with a lousy period of blockage. But instead of giving up, it may help to reach out to other sources of inspiration, to works of art that may remind you why you've chosen such a difficult, yet noble path.
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