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Working Through Things
Jan. 17th, 2014 10:02 amThere comes a time when planning must stop and the actions must start.
Some people are good at planning and executing. Some are only good at planning and others at executing plans.
Then there are those that plan and plan but never execute.
There is an element of procrastination to the last group. They want to work through in their heads everything and make sure that there are no flaws in their plan. In doing so, many end up doing nothing.
Part of it is, I believe, fear of failure. They want to make sure that they won’t fail so they try to figure out each possible outcome.
Now in rocket science, theses things are necessary. Lives are at stake and that kind of planning is needed.
In art less so. I think more people kill their artistic impulses by being concerned about making it just right the first time around. They want to be perfect where art is mostly imperfection and error made into beauty. Yes, I know this is broad strokes. But in my art there are times I can only see the flaws where others can only see the beauty.
We start by teaching kids there is no wrong in art and let them do what they want. As they go further in art classes, they are informed that they are doing it wrong and there is a right way to do things. A number of people just stop making art at that point because they can’t do it the right way. Others stop because they see people who are better at it than they are and figure that they will never be that good. Some continue to work hard to get themselves to a higher level. They make art every day and continue to hone their craft.
And others plan to do art and plot to do other things in their life. But that is all that they do.
There are times I find myself in that mode. I plot and plan in my head. Discard and reform an idea several million times. Of course when I get to the physical part of the creation, things go not the way I planned. Sometimes I have already created a contingency and other times I have to just wing it. Sometimes that winging it brings me to solutions I have never thought of but in desperation I can come up with better ideas sometimes and not at others.
One of my promises to myself this year was to get out of the think and into the do must fast than I have done before.
I am grateful for motivation that is not sheer panic.
Some people are good at planning and executing. Some are only good at planning and others at executing plans.
Then there are those that plan and plan but never execute.
There is an element of procrastination to the last group. They want to work through in their heads everything and make sure that there are no flaws in their plan. In doing so, many end up doing nothing.
Part of it is, I believe, fear of failure. They want to make sure that they won’t fail so they try to figure out each possible outcome.
Now in rocket science, theses things are necessary. Lives are at stake and that kind of planning is needed.
In art less so. I think more people kill their artistic impulses by being concerned about making it just right the first time around. They want to be perfect where art is mostly imperfection and error made into beauty. Yes, I know this is broad strokes. But in my art there are times I can only see the flaws where others can only see the beauty.
We start by teaching kids there is no wrong in art and let them do what they want. As they go further in art classes, they are informed that they are doing it wrong and there is a right way to do things. A number of people just stop making art at that point because they can’t do it the right way. Others stop because they see people who are better at it than they are and figure that they will never be that good. Some continue to work hard to get themselves to a higher level. They make art every day and continue to hone their craft.
And others plan to do art and plot to do other things in their life. But that is all that they do.
There are times I find myself in that mode. I plot and plan in my head. Discard and reform an idea several million times. Of course when I get to the physical part of the creation, things go not the way I planned. Sometimes I have already created a contingency and other times I have to just wing it. Sometimes that winging it brings me to solutions I have never thought of but in desperation I can come up with better ideas sometimes and not at others.
One of my promises to myself this year was to get out of the think and into the do must fast than I have done before.
I am grateful for motivation that is not sheer panic.
