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When creative attempts feel performative rather than authentic

I keep buying art supplies and starting creative projects but I never finish anything and my closet is full of half-done attempts at being interesting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pressure to become someone more interesting corrupts the natural impulse to create, turning expression into anxious self-improvement.

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