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How family criticism cuts deeper than professional feedback

My brother said my paintings look like something a kid would make and I have not touched a brush in six weeks

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimate relationships carry disproportionate power to wound the vulnerable creative self.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Criticism and the creative response?”

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