More more more

Do you have a New Year’s resolution? I have one:
Do More
For me the creative process is iterative. I try something, take a look, make a change, compare my results, find inspiration or see a new twist, try again, and often end with something wonderful and unexpected. The more I do, the better I get. I am building up a body of work–some of it’s total crap, but some of it is pretty good indeed.
There’s a story about a pottery class where half the students were graded on quantity and half on quality. The quality students aimed for one perfect pot by the end of the class; the quantity students were graded on the number of pots they made regardless of quality. The students who aimed for quantity ended up with better quality pots because they weren’t afraid to try, fail, experiment, learn, and try again.
More is good. Practice makes perfect.
Take that to heart. Whatever your creative outlet, do it more this year. If you don’t expect perfection every time, I’ll bet you’ll have some fantastic work in twelve months’ time.