Lack of confidence can be the most crippling thing... not only in art, but in the other 'areas' of life as well.
It's amazing how much my confidence has grown in the last two/three years, but still there is so far to go. However, I know that if I could go back in time I would tell my 14-year-old self to keep your chin up and be strong, because it WILL get better. Therefore I'm going to assume that's what my 28-year-old self would be telling me now.
Some very intelligent, special and wonderful people have died because of a lack of confidence, and the steady, horrific breaking-down of self-esteem at the hands of others. Take a minute and supp