The shame behind art

The creative act is an emotional process.

Because what we create says so much about us on this culture we have built.

Which makes it hard to put it on the line.

Because when we say, “Here, I made this…” and someone doesn’t like it, we think there is something wrong with us.

But that isn’t true. They didn’t like the thing you built and perhaps it isn’t for them. More importantly, they didn’t like the work, not the person.