July 14, 2012, 6:30 pm

Seeds of Anxiety

“Creativity is like chasing chickens,” Christoph Niemann once said. But sometimes it can feel like being chased by chickens — giant, angry, menacing chickens. Whether you’re a writer, designer, artist or maker of anything in any medium, you know the creative process can be plagued by fear, often so paralyzing it makes it hard to actually create.”

in 5 Timeless Books of Insight on Fear and the Creative Process
Brain Pickings