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To succeed, you have to take a look at your relationship with the creative process

Clayton J. Hester
2 min readApr 6, 2022

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Photo by Senjuti Kundu on Unsplash

You will have successes and failures.

This is normal.

It’s a story of give and take.

Of killing your darlings.

Of working despite the lack of tangible results.

Of finding creative fulfillment even in the face of failure.

You may never write a best-selling book, paint world-renowned masterpieces, or direct an award-winning film.

But if you love what you do, it doesn’t matter one bit to your process.

The journey is its own reward.

With time and practice comes improvement.

And with improvement comes creativity, fulfillment, and joy.

So fall in love with the process of being creative.

Find your voice.

Embrace failure.

Share what you have to give until you have nothing left to share. […]

“You will have successes and failures.” I can just hear it now, “But if you love what you do, it doesn’t matter one bit to your process.”

That’s the truth! That’s what I tell all my students. And articles like this are why I am so happy to be a part…

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Clayton J. Hester
Clayton J. Hester

Written by Clayton J. Hester

Country boy. Explorer of the creative process & life, the arts, storytelling, innovation and history of ideas. Omnia in gloriam Dei facite — claytonjhester.com

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