I just got this book in the mail and I immediately sat down and read it straight through, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. It's not that the author says anything new, but he says it in a way that you can no longer hide behind your "legitimate" reasons for not being where you want to be, doing what you want to be doing, following your passion whatever it may be.
It's not just for artists, it's for anyone who finds a way to justify their stagnation. For me it's Perfectionism. That is my way of allowing procrastination to unleash its handiwork and give me justification for my lack of artistic output.
This blog was supposed to be a daily accountability. An accountability of "finding" the positive to focus on each day, of exercising my creative brain by writing everyday, of doing the work eveyday even when I didn't feel like it. Clearly it didn't do that since I haven't written anything for two months.
So I'm back today with a renewed committment, and the first step is I will no longer be writing my blogs in Word, perfecting them and then posting. It will be a free flow of thought, spelling and grammer mistakes included! I will also no longer stress to "find" the perfect subject to discuss each day.
Every artists will tell you its the imperfections that lead them to their greatest piece, every business owner will tell you its the mistakes they made that taught them to be successful.
Going forward I will revel in my imperfections...........care to join me with yours?
I think this is just the book i need!! I am going to get a copy. Thanks for sharing your imperfecions with us--very brave indeed. I really love to read your blogs by the way :) Chalis
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoy reading my blogs, I've been having fun writing them (when I actually sit down and right them ;o]). You will find few places to hide when you read this book, which is exactly what we need sometimes, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blog... Blog away. No one is perfect. It's the essence that counts.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely correct Art Fan Ako, and yet it's still easy to forget about the essence and focus on the perfection sometimes, isn't it? Glad you enjoyed it!
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