The Monster Within
Let us face the critic and all his monstrous lies. He or she stands on our shoulderstelling us lies about our state of imperfection. Tellsus that we aren’t very good, we aren’t pros, we have no business creating, we don’t have time to become a master. Let us see how small, comical and petty this monster is. Let us send the monster’s entourage to receive the punishment they deserve. Let us, for once, not forgive them for the harm he has done. Write a monster’s elegy ora song about your new found freedom. Write a story about the man or woman living free of their critic. Write the monster’sdiary. Add drawings of his or her friends or enemies or messyroom.