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Beating the four fears that block creative people

Fear can block our creativity or turn our creative practice mediocre. So what makes some artists 'fearless'?
22 Jun 2016 12:00
Madeleine Dore
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Courtney Sina Meredith unpacks what it means to create fearlessly. Photography credit: Jane Ussher via courtneymeredith.com

We are all born creative, so the question is not how do we learn to be more creative, but how do we diminish the fears that are holding us back and and rediscover our creativity.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator 

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