Creating anything, especially art, proves to be a deeply personal journey where you face both real and perceived barriers that hinder the creative progress. These obstacles—whether internal or external—can stall creative growth and keep artists from reaching their full potential. In this series of posts, I will be presenting six major challenges that most artists encounter: fear of failure, perfectionism, creative block, self-doubt, balancing creativity with commercial success, and handling rejection and criticism. In each post, I’ll provide strategies to break through these barriers and continue evolving as an artist.