In the late 90's artmaking became really hard for me because I felt what I created had to be perfect so I stopped and went to massage school. Haha.
I had to sit with this idea of what I thought perfection was for me. I thought about it and struggled with this for a long while until I came to the conclusion that the perfection notion I had was subjective, what is perfection anyway?
I was being too critical of my work. I decided the need for perfection, which was was holding me back from creating stemmed from my inner critic, who was delighted that I was blocked.
When I came to that conclusion, I was able to let go of needing my work to be perfect. I decided that it was more important for me to just make stuff, have fun and stop being so judgemental of my art.
That’s why I focus on artmaking being fun and playful. As soon as it stops being fun, I move on to a completely different project and I come back with fresh eyes. For some reason, working on a different project brings me inspiration for the one I was struggling with.
I relegated my inner critic to the back seat and told him to mind his own business, I could take it from here. Notice how I called my inner critic "him"? Ha ha!
Perfectly Imperfect
Means letting go of expectations and judgement.