🐵 TREE 381: Make terrible art
Throwback Thursday – TREE 63
One.
The fastest way to make great art is to make a lot of terrible art.
You already have the desire to improve, to get better at your art. To make it happen, you combine your desire to improve with the stubbornness to keep making even when your skills don’t match your vision.
I think stubbornness comes from
seeing failure at a stepping stone to success,
determination to achieve the vision in your imagination,
and, most of all,
the joy of being able to create.
Make lots of art.
Love that you are able to create.
Don’t worry if it’s terrible.
Notice your progress.
Two.
There’s not much nicer than falling asleep satisfied after a day of doing what you love.
Three.
Bit o’ Britpop for your Thursday.
Stefan and Jeff will have more to say about today’s topic in tomorrow’s FIELD GUIDE.
Grow slowly
Jeff
Love this. When I first started writing Gentle Creative one of my early blogs was called, "Why you need to make lots of crap art". Same reasons. Little and often wins the race
I believe life is my canvas. Life is my art. Sometimes it flows freely and has special effects. Then it gets blurred and out of sync. It may get murky and muddy. But I am always trying to do well. I know that and I have to live alone with me so that works well. I’m my own critic along with the others I am enjoying life with. It’s so cool to try new things and I do quite often. But I remember you asking us to draw a picture with our less dominant hand once, Jeff. I did and found it so freeing to draw an awful bird. I liked it much more than my good right hand draw. Why? Freedom to fail. Gotta love it🌹💚