To make art is to sing with the Human voice. To do this, you must first learn that the only voice you need is the voice you already have.

Art work is ordinary work, but it takes courage to embrace that work and wisdom to mediate the interplay of art & fear. Sometimes to see your work’s rightful place, you have to walk to the edge of the precipice and search the deep chasms. You have to see that the universe is not formless and dark throughout, but awaits simply the revealing light of your own mind.

Excerpted from Art & Fear by Bayles & Orland