Last week I shared a story from my sad week at Jazz Camp West.
Part of that story involved my intense feelings of shame and embarrassment when I screwed up a performance.
We’ve all had an experience like that. Even if you’ve never performed onstage, if you’re a creator, you’ve certainly created something that didn’t come out the way you wanted. That’s a guarantee.
And that feeling is the worst, right?
And the bigger the project, the more expectations you load on the outcome, the worse the feeling.
So back when my main gig was as a ketubah artist, when I was a full-time freelance artist and designer working on commission, my entire self-worth was wrapped up in [Read more…]
