RINSE | REPEAT: Perseverance Will Get You There

And If Not, Take Notes Along the Way

Perseverance is how we get better at something. It teaches us failure and success and that we stay humble in our practice. We're never truly done with our endeavors. As writers and artists have quipped:

Work is never done, it's abandoned.

And that may be true for some people, and it may be true some of the time. But I would add that we sometimes arrive at a point of satisfaction that suggests we cannot feel any better about a piece, in that moment. I'd also add that our abilities, insight and what we want to say will reach a stopping point and we just don't know how to make a piece work.