I resonate a lot when reading the lateral thinking piece. I am the type of person who’s afraid of making mistakes. I’m not sure if I’m born with trait, but it’s further aggravated with playing chess. The number 1 rule that I follow is that, for every move I make, I have to think in my opponent’s shoes to make sure there’s no mistake. Therefore, I have the habit not risking to do things unless I’m at least 99% sure that it will succeed. Upon reading this, I feel like there’s a need for me to try to put away such mentality. Especially for not important business, like sharing my opinions in class, I could be less worried about making mistakes.
Similarly, the second piece of reading about art and fear talks about how art belongs to ordinary people. For most of my life, I consider myself bad at drawing (if viewed in a conventional lens, it’s indeed true…). Therefore, for most making assignments, I choose not to draw because of my lack of talents. But this reading piece gives me the idea that I shouldn’t stop myself from doing that. Art is made even before people consciously make them: art should be an expression of feelings (and sometimes no one cares about your work), so why bother hiding it?