Sometimes the harshest critic is the one in your head. What if instead you had faith in yourself, and what you're making?
It's a familiar, paralyzing fear that not only keeps you from creating your best work, but can also make you question your own worth. Novelist
Brandon Taylor knows this fear intimately. And in his new book, '
Minor Black Figures,' his characters - maybe just like you - are tortured by harsh online criticism from random keyboard warriors, and their own inner saboteurs. In this episode, Brandon joins Brittany to talk through the "double consciousness" of creating art today, and what it means to have faith as an artist.
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