Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative

by Danielle Krysa, Martha Rich (Illustrator)

Overview

This charmingly illustrated guide shares ten truths about creativity, confidence, and how you can silence that stifling voice in your head.

This book is a salve for creative minds everywhere, and duct tape for the mouth of every artist’s inner critic. Author and art curator Danielle Krysa explores ten essential truths we all must face in order to defeat self-doubt.

Each encouraging chapter deconstructs a pivotal moment on the creative path—fear of the blank page, the dangers of jealousy, sharing work with others—and explains how to navigate roadblocks. Packed with helpful anecdotes, thoughts from successful creatives, and practical exercises gleaned from Danielle Krysa’s years of working with professional and aspiring artists—plus riotously apt illustrations from art world darling Martha Rich—this ebook arms readers with the most essential tool for their toolbox: the confidence they need to get down to business and make good work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452148496
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	10/12/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	138
Sales rank:	972,271
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Danielle Krysa is the writer/curator behind the contemporary art website the Jealous Curator, and the author of Creative Block and Collage. She lives in British Columbia.Martha Rich is a Philadelphia-based fine and commercial artist.

Editorial Reviews

Trenchant and practical advice on how to ignore that inner critic and get to work.… This cheeky little tome deserves a place on your drawing table.” —Communication Arts

“Trenchant and practical advice on how to ignore that inner critic and get to work.… This cheeky little tome deserves a place on your drawing table.” —Communication Arts

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