| When is good enough, OK? How long do we wait | | | | are to MOVE FORWARD, submit the project, |
| it out, work it over, contemplate it, rewrite, redo, | | | | send out the manuscript, or deliver the painting to |
| add-on, modify and ultimately avoid completion of | | | | the gallery owner. We react to situations when |
| a creative project? When do we stand back and | | | | we do not have a goal. We act upon them when |
| willingly break the champagne bottle across the | | | | we are sure of our goals. When you write down |
| bow, allowing our "ship" to sail out into the | | | | your goals, it activates something in your brain |
| sometimes perilous waters of the public domain? | | | | that leads to actions that help realize them. |
| How prepared are we for praise or is it the | | | | If you have a studio filled with art, are you clear |
| criticism we anticipate? Is it truly a celebration | | | | on what you want to do with it? Is it too hard to |
| yet? When is it OK to let go, release the piece | | | | part with pieces or do you have too little business |
| and by extension reveal our deepest selves to | | | | knowledge? |
| strangers? Where do you stash your "on-hold" | | | | Hire an agent |
| projects? | | | | Enter one piece in a show |
| "I have spent my days stringing and unstringing | | | | Take a class in a related medium to shift |
| my instrument, while the song I came to sing | | | | your focus |
| remains unsung." Rabindranth Tagore, poet | | | | Is the next American novel rotting away on your |
| For many us of, beginnings are exciting and often | | | | computer, wasting your time as it beckons you |
| far more interesting than endings. Beginnings are | | | | to rewrite it again? Permanent inertia has grabbed |
| fresh and herald in possibility and newness. On the | | | | your soul and is paralyzing your thinking. |
| other hand completion points to the next | | | | Find an editor |
| undertaking; a refocus on something else. Will it be | | | | Join a writing co-op |
| equally exciting or test your abilities and talents. | | | | Barter services with a web expert |
| Were you a "one hit wonder" or a legitimate | | | | As the great hockey player Wayne Gretsky once |
| talent? Will you be revealed as a fraud or a | | | | said, "If you never take your shot, you'll never |
| mover and shaker? | | | | score the goal." This week, challenge yourself to |
| Here is the reality check-in. Fear is the enemy of | | | | "just do it" without hesitation and let the fun begin. |
| action. The more you ponder, the less likely you | | | | |