Failure is inevitable
That title there — failure is inevitable — it sounds so pessimistic, doesn’t it? But every time I read a book about someone who writes or paints or otherwise creates, they fail a lot. See, the more you try the more you fail but the more chances you have to get it right.
I need to risk failure more often.
See, success shouldn’t be the point because if you’re all about success then failure gets too scary. It’s the process. I was thinking about that because I have been trying to grind back to process more and more and trying to jettison the idea that the only work that matters is the work that ends up on someone else’s table.
for me, it is all about process. growing and learning along the way.
the problem i have with my painting is that i wonder if it paralyzes me somewhat — in that i never know when something is ‘done’ or ‘good’ or what that means since i am busy looking at it as part of the process.
does that matter? dont know. but our walls are bare.
Are you still reading that Sondheim book?
I definitely want to read that Sondheim book.
Hmm, this idea is really one that I need to hear today. I’ve continually stopped myself in my artistic endeavors before “risking” failure, and what do I have to show for it? A career path in a field that I have been successful in, but don’t really want to be in at all. Very frustrating, and even more so because the psychology behind my choices has been so transparent to me . . . argh!
Huge post out of this!
Spinning off on my own tangents of course! Defining success. Thanks for the inspiration, yet again.
Word.
Good stuff to remember… and a positive approach to dealing with the negative.