#embracingimperfectprogress

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So here I am refining my drawing skills. Each time I draw something in graphite, I do a few practices of the 3 basic hatching methods to produce shades and practice getting my baseline. I always try to visit the most basic steps and as I was doing this, my skills are still there, but progress usually is required even for the most skilled artist. We are always learning and humility to return to the basics to refresh helps, but it also serves to reveal to us even in our most intimate solitude during practice, what improvements need to be made, which in turn can affect the psyche for better or for worse. I felt overly concerned that even with all of my experience and training, I might not be able to rise up to some projects that I am fully committing myself to. Then I saw a new comment notification pop up on my Facebook timeline and it read: "It's Fear That Needs Perfection. It Takes Courage To Embrace Imperfect Progress." ~Ellie Drake What amazing timing! I needed to read those words today. I realized that imperfect progress is ok, because it only means progress is happening. Perfect or imperfect and that progress is not the problem. The problem is the fear. Fear is really sometimes necessary. We need it to keep our realities in check with our expectations and the demands we realistically or unrealistically place on ourselves. Some fear is good, but it (fear) truly does need to be perfected and we must not allow it to stunt the good progress from happening, because we don't embrace imperfect progress. KA-CHINNNNNGGGGG!!!! Thank YOU! 😄😍😘😗 @elliedrakenow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #inspiration #fear #imperfectprogress #embracingimperfectprogress #perfectfeardon'tfightit #risingmentally #mindstrength #exerciseofthehumanwill #perfectinghumanwill #determination #EllieDrake