“Timid young artists…often give up their sunny dreams of artistic careers, settling into the twilight world of could-have-beens and regrets. There, caught between the dream of action and the fear of failure, shadow artists are born…Too intimidated to become artists themselves, very often too low in self-worth to even recognize that they have an artistic dream, these people become shadow artists. Artists themselves but ignorant of their true identity, shadow artists are to be found shadowing declared artists, unable to recognize that they themselves may possess the creativity they so admire…Artists love other artists. Shadow artists are gravitating to their rightful tribe but cannot yet claim their birthright. Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist- hiding in the shadows, afraid to step out and expose the dream to the light, fearful that it will disintegrate to the touch.” – Julia Cameron, The Artists Way
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