Creating Under a Cloud

Shredding her insecurities, Claire Dobson was reminded sometime around 2 AM when her husband got up to go to the bathroom. Her first thoughts, besides her insecure ones, as he awakened her, “Why does he always insist on having two glasses of water before we go to bed?” Now Claire was awake, wide-awake, which gave her random thoughts the opportunity they were waiting for, to jump right in and insure the fact that she was going to be restlessly, tossing and turning, with all these thoughts running through her head. Predominantly, her thoughts always came down to the same self talk about her often insecure feelings regarding her creative life.

It’s impossible to be creative and not have moments of insecurity, even if they are hoisted upon you during an active dream state. If you tell others you don’t ever feel insecure in your chosen creative pursuits, then you are: “a bold faced liar!!!” Or maybe that’s a little bit harsh, but let me report to you that even Picasso had many moments of insecurity, at least he could look at his checking account balance, which I’m assured must have brought him the opportunity to find some inner peace. Unfortunately few of us make significant financial gains from our creative output, that in itself is a… not so mystical culprit for insecurity.

There seems to be an invisible cloud over our heads, kind of like an old ‘woe is me’ rendition of…