Looking to overcome fear and self-doubt in your creative practice? Feeling frustrated because you’re avoiding doing harder or more challenging projects (that somewhere you know you need to get started on)? I hope this video can help.

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A little about the artwork I do in this video: Firstly, I’m old and overthink stuff a lot, so safety was covered - don’t just run up on tidal beaches and start doing things without checking. As for the work, the piece of public art is part of a practice that I’ve had for awhile now. In terms of my ethical concerns in making this piece - I was keen to source glue that was as non-toxic as possible (this glue can be used in ‘food safe’ areas & and also stands in quite a small group of being largely recyclable in packaging). In regards toxicity, I made sure to confirm that my practice would have a ridiculously small impact on the river, being that there are lots of commercial/industrial level operations that treat the thames as a waste pipe (I obviously don’t agree with this, but would not put any type of glue in a smaller river). I also did a walk of the beach previously, in order to make sure there were other hard, tile like, materials on the river bed (of which there are many). As I said in the video, I care deeply about public art, and the value of things sitting within the landscape that represent individual expression - so with the above laid out - I signed the project off my side. My business email is [email protected] if you have some level of official concerns with any of this further, please get in touch.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Why we might want to escape the comfort zone
02:23 The creative frustration that started it all
04:28 Artists discuss the comfort zone
06:23 Looking to books to explore creative worth
10:05 Dealing with the nerves leading up
13:30 The signal and the noise
15:20 What is the moment like when it arrives?
18:33 The creative challenge & final artist stories of inspiration