wildwomanbeads
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I encouraged myself to be honest and acknowledge
the limits of my skills while I simultaneously strove
to move beyond them.
own benefit, was to look around at other
designers, find someone whose work I
admired, and worked at my own designs
(teaching myself as I went, with occasional
assistance from Alli) until I believed my
work approximated the quality of that artist. Then I stepped it up a level, looked for a
new designer whose work seemed beyond
my reach, and worked at developing my
skills until I truly loved what I was creating
at that level.
I didn’t copy. I simply found an artist whose
work thrilled and inspired me, and practiced until I had acquired a similar level of
skill. There were times when this process
seemed painfully slow, and I was ready to
give up. But, little by little, I expanded my
designs. My single rule was that I wanted
to feel joy as I designed and created each
piece.
No joy? Only frustration? Then it was not
the time to work on a design. I put it down,
to come back later. I w