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Old 04-07-2012, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by annesthreads View Post
I don't think it's perfectionism that's the issue any more. Used to be - I ruined my first few years of quilting by thinking everything had to be perfect. I've moved on from that, and if they look OK from several feet away with my glasses off, that'll do! I don't intend to enter any shows. It's the enjoyment of the process that matters. No, strangely, there's almost a pain in seeing that my work IS quite good - that's surprisingly hard to deal with. Which must be where the old stories are still getting in the way.
I'm wondering if the pain of seeing now that your work is quite good is a kind of grief about creative "children" that went unborn because of the old stories. As I get older, I find I need to acknowledge grief about unrealized potential and lost opportunities in order to free myself up for today. Thank you for sharing your struggle with this issue.
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