Artists — and Writers — Don’t Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success (just do it)

A philo-somethingal investigation. Note: this may be confusing

Stag at Sharkey’s (1909) painting in high resolution by George Wesley Bellows. Original from The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Starting note: the sentence that makes the title comes from an interview I was following on YouTube. I’m telling you this because sure, maybe artists do not need to believe in themselves to have success, but that…