If you’re an artist at the beginning of your career, chances are you’ve heard the expression, “fake it ‘til you make it” more than once. For some, this notion seems to carry a great amount of truth while others dismiss it completely. But what does it mean to fake it until you make it? And is it just a saying or can it work in the artist’s favor?
I can still remember my first acting auditions back in Portugal at the age of 9. At times, I felt so much pressure that in order to avoid succumbing to nervous energy, I’d convince myself I was unquestionably booking that job. I would focus on acting as relaxed and confident as possible at that moment as if I had years of experience. Interestingly, no one suggested this method would work, nor did I think about what I was actively doing. I just felt it was the right way to handle high-pressure situations and for the most part, it worked.
Was I in some way faking my expertise? If so, how far can we embrace this concept? Unfortunately, there’s no black-and-white answer—it really varies depending on the individual artist’s approach. What I will say, however, is that building confidence by projecting (or pretending) that
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