Emotions are secondary to thoughts. If you watch your thoughts without involvement, they just come and go. There are gaps between thoughts that can be expanded. Also 'mind and breath are two lovers'. If you slow down the breath, frequency of thoughts per minute is also less and those that appear, are much clearer. Also there is something like 'self image' which have to be understood for what it is - just an image. Same with level of artwork you want to achieve - it's just an idea. Perfection itself is just an idea. The less of mental filter on awareness, the more life is spontaneous. Even if it's up to an artist to select what to 'show', let the receivers judge the 'showed'. Generally - Chill and don't take life (and creativity) too seriously :)