Time Limits
Finishing?
Abstract 2 - digital art painting with time limit - Dan Beck 2008
Recently I wrote a song about there not being enough hours in the day, the night, or a lifetime to do it all - and certainly not enough hours to do it all right.
So basically we have time limits on everything we do - whether we realize it or not.
So I guess my conclusion is to be a little less of a perfectionist and not take the adage about doing things right the first time to heart - because there is no such thing - no artwork is every done - no fix is permanent …
All of our efforts are more like “treatments” if you will - we make an adjustment and it improves things and then needs another adjustment.
I’ve been trying to limit the time for various tasks in my life - even works of art - when the rule strikes my fancy -
For after all - even the rules are like a treatment - needing readjustments as we go along.
See Also
- Digital Painting - insight into the art form and process of creating by Dan Beck at Outhouse Studios
- Managing Perfectionism - there is good insight here - my focus is a bit different because the process for me has always been about gaining a certain level of expertise - enough vocabulary or technique to express myself or determine it isn’t my thing - but focus can be very focused to very broad- we can be extremely specialized experts to dabblers in everything
