November 24

As artists, most of us contain a highly evolved and sharp-clawed inner perfectionist. This perfectionist has nothing to do with having standards and everything to do with self-punishing, self-flagellating, and self-defeating premature judgments regarding our potential. The root word of “potential” is “potency,” or “power.” Just as the eagle’s fledgling is less formidable than the eventual eagle, so too, our embryonic steps in a new art form fail to accurately convey our later creative flight.