Confidence is a funny thing, especially in the creative arts, for here you are dealing with creating something new, which by its nature is not understood yet, or at least not understood readily, due to the very fact of it being new. An artist has to rely on himself. Many of the greatest artists of history worked for many years or even their whole life without having anybody but themselves and maybe one or two others who understood what they were doing. You have to teach yourself to believe yourself. Believe in your perceptions, believe in your visions. The only people who don't have problems with this are people with divine strength, or people who don't give a damn what other people think. The former is very rare, the latter may be achievable, but will take a while. When you think an original thought, one that most others would disagree with, and you catch yourself thinking "no, that can't be true, that's ridiculous", try simply saying to yourself: "OK, so it's against everybody else's convictions. But it is my belief, and I'll stick to it." Most great things in the world were ridiculous ideas when they were first conceived .
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