Already this post-a-day thing is difficult! I knew it would be, but I plan to keep it up. I've had this neverending cold that will never end, so no photos today, but here's a video by an author/thinker that I like: Seth Godin.
What I take away from this video is the idea that as an artist you have to ship. Meaning you have to do your work and put it out there, basically whether you are ready to or not. That's what I am trying to do with these posts-a-day. Seth Godin talks about our brains, about how our brains have evolved with these different parts and the older part of our brain is designed to scare us into not doing stupid things, it kicks in when we are about ready to ship and keeps us from shipping. Godin says, "What you do for a living is not be creative, everyone is creative. What you do for a living is ship." When time runs out, ship. When the budget runs out, ship. So I am keeping that idea in my head in relation to my work. I have to stop worrying about whether everything is completely perfect and just put it out there.
