Interesting thoughts.
I'll probably never make anything that could be called an "art quilt." I've painted portraits professionally, put out a line of prints of my pen and ink works, designed craft projects for a polymer clay manufacturer, taught painting and polymer clay classes - I rarely got anything approaching "art" in any of my attempts, but I kept trying.
The more I learn about how to do something, the closer I get to mastering a technique, the freer I can get, because I have a better idea of what will work for the look that I want. I think that understanding the process is the key to freedom.
I'm only engrossed in techniques until I discover an easier way, a more precise way or a way that is somehow "better" than what I'm already doing.
My husband calls me a "serial specialist," because I obsess with something until I'm done with it and then go on to the next obsession.
