Creativity, like human life itself-begins in darkness.... and with that said I can allow myself to be kinder and less critical of myself and the works I create. Knowing that all that is borne is first felt out in the dark and brought to the light at first a crude form which will require refining. So in trust I move towards a vision and a sense of perfect which is in itself an illusion, for each eye that finaly looks upon it will see differently and my perfect will fall short of that viewers ideal. With art, people always know how they could have made it better and how they would improve on it, but they forget the image was not borne out of their darkness, that they would never have even dreamed it in the first place. So ultimately we all have a different perspective on what would be perfect....to us anyway. In this realization, I remind myself to quieten my critical mind and to find a place of peace and to focus on the joy of it and move through each project with trust.
My Daily Ponder:
I cannot predict the future
I cannot change the past
I have just this moment
I will live it like my last.