I’m not the best artist, and I’m even less impressive with Affinity Designer, but I’m willing to be bad because I want to get better. This drawing isn’t great, and I almost gave up on it, but I like the vibe I ended up with. It might be terrible, but I still ticked the box.
From A Willingness to Be Bad:
Years ago I read an interview with actor Jason Segel and he talked about his willingness to be bad for as long as it takes:
I’m willing to be bad for as long as it takes, until I’m good….I don’t have a sense of shame. I just don’t. If I’ve hurt someone’s feelings, if I’m mean to somebody, I’ll lament over that for days. I’m that dude. I’ll lose sleep over mundane stuff. But I don’t really have the thing of, “Oh, I’ve embarrassed myself.” I just don’t understand why I would stop trying to play piano even though I’m not good at it. I want to be good at it. So why wouldn’t I keep playing?
How do you cultivate that willingness to be bad?
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