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How to handle mentors who push premature creative specialization

My mentor wants me to develop a signature style but I get excited by too many different things to pick just one direction

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pressure to develop a coherent creative identity can conflict with natural exploratory impulses essential to artistic development.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mentorship in creative work?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.