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Pancake posted...

You go to an audition for a spot singing with a band. You practice for years and years and years, pouring all of your effort into sounding as good as possible. You have your audition and you sound great.

i am here to tell you that time spent does not always mean talent acquired. bad habits left uncorrected or unmentioned will stay. thinking you sound good - even being told you sound good by your friends and family - are not the same as actually sounding good.

i need to ask you if anyone has ever told you that your art sucks, because it doesn't sound like you can handle the criticism and it doesn't look like you've been subject to any.

if you want to improve - if you want people to notice you - the first thing you need to check is your ego.

No, no one has because it objectively doesn't suck. There are metrics for these things.

You don't get into a 200 year old, reputable private art school filled with former Marvel artists and Hollywood screenwriters purely on grants and scholarships if you suck, and you certainly don't get to audition for an off Broadway production. It isn't inflated ego, and it's not that hard to see why someone would get a little salty after a while of seeing others success who are less talented.

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