“Be comfortable with being shit at first”

The Queen of Bleach and Diamine by nickstewart.ink →

…from an interview with Elle Tennyson, a fountain pen artist:

Me: Any ‘pearls of wisdom’ for interested creatives?

Elle: Be comfortable with being shit at first. So many budding artists stop short through fear of not being good enough, but only things worthwhile are on the other side of fear and hard work. Everyone has been bad at something at some point, it’s the people who are brave enough to push through who progress. Don’t let insecurity block your creative journey.

Wise advice.

(And very applicable to my budding artistic efforts. Ugh.)

Any thoughts? _↴

Email address is optional. Pop it in if you'd like getting a heads-up of any replies to you.