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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

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By Sarah Lewis — 2025

The gift of failure is a riddle: it will always be both the void and the start of infinite possibility. See more...

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Are Self-Esteem and Creativity Connected?

You have what it takes to make art, if you make the choice to take what it takes. None of us knows whether our work will end up being great or not great, remembered or forgotten.

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How to Deal with Rejection? | AATS | Atul Mongia | Elnaaz Norouzi | The Artist Collective

How to deal with rejection? Acting Mentor and Founder of The Artist Collective Atul Mongia in discussion with Actor Elnaaz Norouzi Acting and The Self is a series of short episodes that has been designed and composed by The Artist Collective, with the purpose of exploring and answering some of the...

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How Artists Build Self-Confidence

I think we all struggle with self-confidence. But artists often struggle more than others. And why wouldn't we? We're the ones whose very work reveals the most vulnerable parts of ourselves. We're the ones who put ourselves out there. It's scary stuff.

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Are You an Artist Who Suffers From Occasional or Chronic Low Self-Esteem?

very often even the most talented and intelligent artists don’t see their positive qualities and achievements from an objective perspective. They notice their weaknesses and fail to attain their objectives. In my opinion, most artists could use a lesson on how to improve self-esteem.

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8 Artists on How to Build Confidence

Artists encounter unique challenges. They are required to continually make new work that feels original and significant, but not too close to that of their peers and predecessors. They encounter public audiences that are quick to deem contemporary art esoteric or absurd.

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We Are Nothing (and That Is Beautiful): Alok Vaid-Menon at TEDxMiddlebury

Alok Vaid-Menon discusses the relationship between success and the status quo in this TEDxMiddlebury talk. They draw upon experiences at Stanford and beyond and perform spoken word poetry.

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If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, Then You’re Doing It Wrong

Many equate self-discipline with living a good, moral life, which ends up creating a lot of shame when we fail. There’s a better way to build lasting, solid self-discipline in your life.

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