The power of gratitude

Dear Creative Soul,Do you know what keeps you from creating what calls out to you?Is it a lack of talent?No, you can create all you can dream of, and more.Is it lack of training?No, you can create all that you can think of.Is it lack of confidence?Ha! We are getting closer!Is it fear?Of course it is.Making your art ---in whatever shape or form it comes--- is always a struggle between your creativity and fear. Sometimes creativity wins, sometimes fear.Fear has some other tricks up its sleeve too. For instance, when you are feeling dissatisfied with your work and when you feel like you are a hack, fear talks too.It takes a lot of strength to keep creating… Right?Wrong.You face your fear by showing up for your art.If your fear strikes the moment you set out to create, focus on gratitude. Be so deeply and insanely grateful for the tools of your trade, for all the inspiration you have and for the fact that you get to create. Be grateful for what creating teaches you.And then, have your…