This is not a concept I grasped back in the first grade, when the only thing wrong with my schoolwork was that I wouldn't turn it in when it didn't meet my unreasonably high expectations. Simply put, if it wasn't perfect, I didn't want my name on it.
It would be easy for me to dismiss this rationale, this crippling fixation on the end product, as childhood folly. Yet here I am, some twenty-odd years later, still struggling to start or finish projects out of fear that what I produce won't be perfect. Take urban sketching, for instance. I want—and, for some inexplicable reason, expect—to be able to sit down and produce something perfect on my first attempt. Needless to say, it doesn't work like that.
This blog represents a step forward. This blog is just as much about the process as it is about the product. This blog, Signed, Nick, is a collection of the thoughts and things I'm willing to put my name on, whether perfect or not.
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