{"id":3190,"date":"2015-05-01T01:45:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T01:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxboroarttherapy.com\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2019-12-06T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:27:41","slug":"how-perfectionism-is-killing-your-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/how-perfectionism-is-killing-your-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"How Perfectionism Is Killing Your Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6651\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/How-Perfectionism-is-Killing-Your-Creativity-1.jpg\" alt=\"Overcoming Perfectionism in Art\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Perfectionism and Procrastination<\/h3>\n<p>As I was researching this post, I came across an article by Maria Popova at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/22\/bird-by-bird-anne-lamott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brain Pickings<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0writer Anne Lamott and how she feels\u00a0perfectionism stunts\u00a0creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Popova summarizes Lamott this way: &#8220;At the heart of writing\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0lies a capacity for quiet grit\u00a0and a willingness to decondition the all too human tendency to get so overwhelmed by the enormity of the journey that we\u2019re too paralyzed to take the first step.&#8221;\u00a0Doesn&#8217;t THAT sound familiar? I feel paralyzed by fear in my art making all the time. Do you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Imperfect-Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6648 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Imperfect-Mandala.jpg\" width=\"597\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are paralyzed by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the blank page<\/li>\n<li>a good beginning<\/li>\n<li>fear of failure<\/li>\n<li>fear of success<\/li>\n<li>our last &#8220;failed&#8221; art piece<\/li>\n<li>our last &#8220;successful&#8221; art piece<\/li>\n<li>someone else&#8217;s talent<\/li>\n<li>someone else&#8217;s critiques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All this stopping makes it hard to start.<\/p>\n<p>To overcome the paralysis that accompanies the fear of not being &#8220;perfect&#8221; or &#8220;good enough,&#8221; I take\u00a0direction from another amazing\u00a0artist and author, <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsark.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SARK<\/a>. She talks about making the\u00a0&#8220;micro movements&#8221; that lead to creative action &#8211; on the first day you take out the scissors, on the next you clear your table, on the third you buy some markers, and perhaps on the fourth, you make a dot somewhere on the page.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow breaking things into little steps makes them feel less intimidating. This is the metaphor at the heart of Lamott&#8217;s book, Bird by Bird. She asks us to just show up, begin, and take things one at a time. I value having permission\u00a0to show up and create something, regardless of the outcome. That&#8217;s when I create freely and\u00a0can often\u00a0get into that state of &#8220;flow,&#8221; where I lose track of time, and\u00a0the art doesn&#8217;t need to be &#8220;perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Imperfect-Abstract.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Imperfect-Art-is-Beautiful-Art.jpg\" alt=\"Beating perfectionism\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Perfectionism Takes a Toll on Your Self-Esteem<\/h3>\n<p>Perfectionism can lead to some really negative thinking:\u00a0&#8220;You aren&#8217;t good enough,&#8221; &#8220;You don&#8217;t deserve this,&#8221; or &#8220;This isn&#8217;t &#8216;art.'&#8221; This kind of harsh self-talk is meant to keep you from taking chances, exploring, growing, and getting started on your next creative endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>Artist or not, I see so many people in my office who are dominated by their perfectionism in many areas of their lives. They feel inadequate at school, in their jobs, and with their friends. As a result they feel anxious and lonely. I&#8217;m inviting you to talk back to perfectionism, what many artists like to call &#8220;the inner critic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>How One Art Therapist Uses Art to Combat Perfectionism and Fear<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sarah-Kulig-Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3176 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCF6661-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"how perfectionism is killing your creativity\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>One of the first exercises in many of my courses is confronting the inner critic. Art therapist Sarah Kulig, of South Burlington Vermont, took my Art Journaling 101 Online class this winter. When she sent me some photos of her journal pages recently, it was like a lightening bolt hit me in the forehead. Her response to her inner critic is witty, chiding, and completely freeing. I wish I had thought of it.<\/p>\n<p>What would happen if you told off your inner critic? Or told perfectionism to take a hike? Here&#8217;s what happened for Sarah:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3177\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BAD-ART-Kulig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3177\" class=\"wp-image-3177 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_0566-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Art and perfectionism\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist: Sara Kulig<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this amazing? I love how she even gives herself permission to be scared &#8211; A LOT, and the reassurance of self-love and self-acceptance is beautiful. Sarah, I&#8217;m hoping that you will inspire others as much as you&#8217;ve inspired me with your courage and wit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6642\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nurturing-Blue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6642\" class=\"wp-image-6642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sarah-Kulig-Two-Figures.jpg\" alt=\"Artists and Perfectionism\" width=\"481\" height=\"434\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist: Sarah Kulig<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her art is real. Moving. Emotional. Spiritual. Perfectionism has no place here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6644\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Keep-Hammering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6644\" class=\"wp-image-6644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Sarah-Kulig-Help-Me.jpg\" alt=\"Overcoming Perfectionism\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist: Sarah Kulig<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you are interested in doing some of this work too! Click <a title=\"ONLINE Art Classes\" href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/art-journaling-101-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<h3>Imperfect Art is Moving<\/h3>\n<p>Some of my most &#8220;imperfect,&#8221; inexact, and inaccurate pieces have been the\u00a0most meaningful. My job is to show up on the page, the canvas, the sewing machine, or to my guitar. My job is to be a vessel, and to allow creation to flow through me. It&#8217;s almost like a scrubbing for the soul.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m just a\u00a0conduit, for the art, I&#8217;m not responsible for the art product, whether it&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad.&#8221; When I achieve\u00a0&#8220;flow&#8221; in art making, it&#8217;s a magical adventure.\u00a0I marvel at what appears, like any other\u00a0onlooker, because what is emerging is as much a surprise to me as it is to the person looking over my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Playful-Dreams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Imperfect-journal-page.jpg\" alt=\"Overcoming perfectionism\" width=\"597\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tell Perfectionism to Get Lost!<\/h3>\n<p>My challenge to you is to tell perfectionism to take step aside. It doesn&#8217;t matter what form your creativity takes &#8211; whether you are an artist, writer, dancer, marketing expert, or cook &#8211; you\u00a0need\u00a0creativity. Let&#8217;s not let perfectionism continue its evil dictatorship. Share in the comments section. Make a poem, a rant, a manifesto, but share it with us.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a title=\"ONLINE Art Classes\" href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/art-journaling-101-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to learn more about Art Journaling 101, and tell your perfectionism to take a hike like Sarah did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfectionism and Procrastination As I was researching this post, I came across an article by Maria Popova at Brain Pickings\u00a0about\u00a0writer Anne Lamott and how she feels\u00a0perfectionism stunts\u00a0creativity. 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