A short monologue (YouTube) in which the speaker reflects on fear in the creative process, arguing that fear is inevitable and that the true obstacle is taking action. The speaker advises working alongside fear and acting despite it to make progress toward creative goals.
For most creative people, especially me, there's the art that we're making now, where we're at, and there's where we want to be, like our vision and our goals. But between where we're at now and our goal is fear. And I've often seen fear as the obstacle, but I'm starting to look at it differently. I actually think fear is inevitable. Action is the obstacle. So when I personally know that, you know, fear is going to be there no matter what, I'm really trying to work alongside the fear rather than, you know, avoid it altogether. While I may not be at my goal yet, I'm at least further along than I was when I was waiting for the fear to subside.
