Tadd Mencer

Many people know me. Some, know me really well. Only my wife knows me through-and-through.

What some of you may not realize is I’m a person who likes to create. Whether it’s a graphic, photo, story, music … I like things created. I’m one who thrives on imagination.

However, I’ve come to realize something. In the past few years I’ve had an increasingly hard time really … CREATING … anything. A graphic, a story, a song .. nothing.

It started when my band, GreyHalo, disbanded. I
think I had the innate fear of failing, yet again. I know the reasons my band broke up. Some where my fault, some where not. So I’ve had a mental block - fear of failure.

The other thing I realized is that a question on my mind whenever I start working on something is “will this sell?” This is the biggest stumbling block I think.

WHO CARES!?

That’s what I need to start telling myself. Who cares if my music goes platinum, my book is on a New York Times Best Seller list or my artwork gets shown in galleries.
What I think I need to remember, and so many others do to, is that you need to do art that pleases you and tickles your fancy. If you’re sitting back trying to figure out what everyone else is going to catch on to - then you’re pretty much screwed from that point. You’ll hate everything, nothing will get done and you - will - fail.

So, my mind is being reset. I will design for the sake of designing and try REALLY REALLY hard to not think what anyone other than myself is going to like seeing.

This is not going to be easy.

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