Ah, perfection. That can be a very dirty word for me. I am very hard on myself about my work. I can always seem to be able to fix a bit more so it will be “perfect”. And what is that exactly? Whose version makes it perfect? My version? Their version? I am in the arts so it isn’t so easy to determine the outcome. With math, you have an equation that’s clear. But people’s idea of what is creative or artistic is a much broader area and so you can be at the mercy of so many opinions.
Author: Kris Evans
Simple
Keep it simple. I just want to say what moves me, excites me, frightens me and inspires me. This is the first time I’ve actually put this down for people to read. I have been around the world working in some of the most amazing places and yet to describe how to make life simple stuns me.
Fear and Frustration
I don’t know which is worse. They seem to go hand and hand. I have this burning desire in me to speak out and teach. I know a lot about style and how to “put it together” on the outside but inside I am not so “put together”. My idea of perfection and how it should look keeps me from doing. And my world has been all about perfection or my idea of perfection. And that idea keeps me fearful enough to remain frozen in my true desire. And day after day after day the frustration grows and the fear of not being good enough keeps me from doing anything.