Jocelyn Campbell wrote:I found this story on Facebook this morning and Paul asked me to share it here. It'd be awesome to learn if this is a true story.
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This is a GREAT book: Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking, by David Bayles and Ted Orland.
I read it in art school right after it came out. I read (listen to) it again (on my phone) last summer while I was working on my farm.
It took us a long time to get our land and to be able to move to it. Now we have the luxury to try all of the things we have read and dreamed about while stuck in out 1200 square foot house on a 3000 square foot lot in an extremely urban setting where I could stretch out my hands and touch my neighbor's house and mine at the same time.
The previous posts talk about making lots of mistakes on the way to understanding how to do something right or well. As a school teacher and an art teacher, it is an easy thing to grasp. As a farmer, it is harder to accept. There are so many things that need to be done. It is hard to not take the time to do something well, but sometimes it can have very negative consequences if you d not get it right.
It is nice to be reminded that I am not the only one who struggles with perfection.
