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So like, what if the act of making art was just morally neutral. Like you put something down on paper and you don't have to decide if it's good or bad. Like what if judgments like that weren't a part of the equation? What if the judgments that you make were just “This is what I was trying to do. Did I do that?” So if your priority is to really engage in the process of making your art and it's more about that experience and that process than the final product, then how much does your final product really even matter? It's more of a record, you know, evidence that you had that experience.

Or if you're trying to represent someone's face in such a way that you can recognize that it is that person, how well did you do that? If you show it to someone, can they recognize that person? What if those were the types of criticisms and judgments that you paid attention to and you set aside all of the good and bad verbiage?

What are your values when it comes to making art? What is important to you? And judge, whether you accomplish that or not. And if you didn't accomplish that, that is also not good or bad. It's just something you did or didn't do. So make a decision as to what you would like to do next time [and] if you would like to change that maybe there were some happy accidents that happened because you didn't do that. Set aside all of that stuff. Learn about self-compassion, engage in caring for yourself, and enjoy your art process a lot more.

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