Here’s a drawing I started this morning. It’s the first I’ve done in a while. I judge myself constantly, as an artist, as a writer, as a human being. It is this judging that holds me back from creative practice. This elephant on the page is a recurring theme in my life. It is the idea that if it’s not going to be as good as the last thing I did, then it’s not worth doing. This is a big reason why I often reach a point with my creativity where things feel like they’re going very well, but then I stop because it feels like it’s all going to go downhill from there. The next art piece isn’t going to be as good as the last one. The next post…