So I posted this photo of a sketch on Twitter/Instagram today and a few people have sent me lovely comments.
I thought I was fairly self-confident but apparently not when it comes to art, and particularly drawing (a long time weak spot that I am trying to improve with practise). Bizarrely, my first reactions to the comments were either 1) they had made a mistake and were actually commenting on someone else’s work that happened to crop up in the conversation after I had posted my photo or 2) it only looked good because it has an Instagram filter on it.
You would think that at my age I would have got over this kind of crippling self doubt, but apparently not. I must post more stuff on Twitter for all to see and you must all be very honest!
2 thoughts on “Interesting Lack of Self Confidence”
Here’s the thing: most people never get over this sense of self-doubt.
Try this blog post by Athene Donald, sorry Dame Professor Athene Donald, Fellow of the Royal Society, who works in the Physics Department at Cambridge University and still lives in fear of being found out…!
Yours in uncertainty,
Stephen
That’s a great blog, thanks for the link. It is very reassuring to know that it’s such a common feeling. It’s totally prevalent in the art world I think. I also wonder if it is particularly British phenomenon?
Maybe if we didn’t have it a little bit we would all turn into arrogant show-offs?