Be childlike and relish the process of creating

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Approach your work like a child.

As trite and overworked as the expression is, it is important to not be judging while one is creating and enjoy the play of sound or color, etc.

When a child sits down at the piano, he is enamored with the sound he can make; or if painting - the colors he can impart.

Therefore, don’t critique any more than absolutely necessary, but be entertained by the creative process itself and relish the color, relish the sound, relish the movement, or relish
the words.

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The thumbnails above are to works created when I first started painting on the computer. I had no expectations, no knowledge of how to control the color opacity or tone; but I did have the joy of creating like a child might … for the first time.

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