Good enough is all it takes.

I’ve been thinking about the many benefits of having a daily painting habit and one benefit that keeps coming to mind. That is, my painting will never be good enough for my inner critic and I’m okay with that… now. It’s something that I’ve tried to deal with in different ways swinging between ignoring which kind of works or listening and acting on its fear which never works! What has helped is the sheer volume of work I do due to having a daily practice has made it feel okay to not have great work every time because I know I will be back again tomorrow having another go. I suppose I have proof that I do survive when the work is not as strong as I’d like which calms the critic. If I had listened to my critic and taken its advice I would not have picked up a paintbrush in the first place. The critic will always be there I just manage it and generally don’t base my decisions on what it wants. This has taught me the value of accepting my work as it is now good bad and ugly.