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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Being true to yourself & letting your real story out

My imagination runs wild all the time. I'm always thinking of new characters, new stories, possible plot twists, new painting ideas.... There's always something brewing. But sometimes, I snuff out one of my own ideas before it ever comes into the real world. Why? Maybe some ideas are too far fetched. Maybe not, maybe I'm pre-criticizing myself. Yes, I said pre-criticizing.


Maybe we should just let them all out. Every thought, every story, and every idea in our brain. Just let them out to run and play. For example, The Spiderman character began in the human mind right?


Okay, imagine that conversation: "Yeah, so I have this new character, and he's a man, but he also has spider qualities. He was bit by this spider, but anyway, he can jump around on buildings like a spider and he ejects webs from his hands so he can swing around between tall buildings. He wears a tight red clingy leotard. Oh, and he helps battle crime, and catches bad guys. Mostly bad guys with super powers. And his arch nemesis is the Green Goblin. Green Goblin is a total menace to society, and he rides around on this really cool hover board thing."


Know what? It worked!

No more PRE-critizing!

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