You and I have met a couple times before, at minnehaha's... but I didn't want to ask if I could friend you until I'd read one of your works...
Having just finished Wild Swans, I wanted to check your LJ again, and you've written a number of entries recently that have resonated with me, including this one...
I myself am a musician and I also use my LJ as a way of describing the creative process, including all the self-doubt that comes out during it...I know for a fact that my inner critic has been one of the factors that keeps me from doing more than I have...so, in some ways, it's encouraging to know that another professional artist has the same problems to overcome and still is able to produce something of quality...
Besides, I'm a big geek and I like finding out the process of how artists work...it's one of the reasons I'm such a big fan of making-of documentaries on DVDs...
Keep the process up...and keep writing about it...and I'll try to do likewise...
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Date: 2004-10-14 07:44 am (UTC)but I didn't want to ask if I could friend you until I'd read one of your works...
Having just finished Wild Swans, I wanted to check your LJ again, and you've written a number of entries recently that have resonated with me, including this one...
I myself am a musician and I also use my LJ as a way of describing the creative process, including all the self-doubt that comes out during it...I know for a fact that my inner critic has been one of the factors that keeps me from doing more than I have...so, in some ways, it's encouraging to know that another professional artist has the same problems to overcome and still is able to produce something of quality...
Besides, I'm a big geek and I like finding out the process of how artists work...it's one of the reasons I'm such a big fan of making-of documentaries on DVDs...
Keep the process up...and keep writing about it...and I'll try to do likewise...