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Using some of his own creative challenges as examples, Victore argues that it is only through finding your voice, your fears, and your passion &#8212; and expressing them &#8212; that you can make great work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the value of your creative voice? A lot, according to designer James Victore. Using some of his own creative challenges as examples, Victore argues that it is only through finding your voice, your fears, and your passion &#8212; and expressing them &#8212; that you can make great work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122763,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=122763","url_meta":{"origin":32899,"position":0},"title":"James Victore: Your Work Is A Gift","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"23\/08\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/46112891 What\u2019s the value of your creative voice? 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