{"id":75718,"date":"2022-08-07T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=75718"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:44:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:44:07","slug":"find-your-artistic-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/find-your-artistic-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Your Artistic Voice to Improve Your Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have an artistic voice? How can you find your artistic voice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An artistic voice can make your creative work better, according to Seth Godin in <em>The Practice<\/em>. If you trust your own voice, you&#8217;ll be able to create something unique that will stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read below to learn how to find your artistic voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-use-your-artistic-voice\"><strong>Use Your Artistic Voice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/self-trust\/\">trusting yourself<\/a> is trusting your voice. Society has trained most of us to blend in, but to do creative work, you need to use a distinctive voice. Godin advises that you don\u2019t try to mimic other people; this is a way of hiding your true voice. If you don&#8217;t trust your voice or you haven&#8217;t found it yet, it&#8217;s easy to justify being silent. But<strong> finding your artistic voice and engaging with others will help you <em>find<\/em> your voice and make your creative work better.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using your specific voice and contributions also helps create diversity. Diversity of thoughts, experiences, cultures, and so on, increases the likelihood of solving difficult problems. If enough different people get together, they\u2019ll probably create something new. A more homogenous group, on the other hand, might not come up with as many unique, creative ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that sharing your <em>unique<\/em> voice doesn\u2019t always mean sharing your \u201cauthentic\u201d voice. There\u2019s a common misconception that successful artists should strive for authenticity by sharing their innermost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/thoughts-feelings-and-behaviors\/\">thoughts and feelings<\/a>. But Godin points out that very few things are truly authentic\u2014almost everything we do is the result of a series of intentional choices. <strong>Art itself is inauthentic in the sense that you are inventing something that appears real.<\/strong> Godin advises that you create art in such a way that the audience has an authentic experience\u2014which doesn\u2019t necessarily involve using your authentic voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you wanted to write an effective personal essay, you wouldn\u2019t just tear a page out of your journal containing your unfiltered, authentic thoughts. You would need to make choices about the structure of your essay and what dialogue and characters to include. You\u2019d need to decide which of your inner thoughts the reader needs to know and which don\u2019t serve the story. Your writing voice itself takes practice to discover. While it certainly isn\u2019t \u201cfake,\u201d neither is it the voice you use in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: At first glance, Godin\u2019s advice appears inconsistent: He seems to be saying that you should speak in your own, true, voice but also that your voice doesn\u2019t need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-sincere\/\">be authentic<\/a> to be successful. Upon closer examination, however, Godin seems to be using the word \u201cvoice\u201d in two different ways here\u2014in the first instance, to mean <em>what<\/em> you have to say (your ideas, life experiences, desires, and opinions), and in the second, to mean <em>how<\/em> you say it. Indeed, artists often use \u201cvoice\u201d in a variety of ways to mean different things. 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