Speed and Self Imposed Constraints

I’ve learned that some things in life are best created quickly, under time constraints. This gives me the liberty of freeing myself from worry and perfectionism. Sure, I still feel it, but I simply don’t have time to worry, because of the time constraints I’ve put myself under.

A few years ago, I made the goal for myself that I wanted to learn to draw faster. After traveling, practicing in public, and giving myself those limitations, I improved drastically. I not only improved in my technical skills, but also in my level of confidence as I forced myself to create and publish work that was not my absolute ‘most perfected’ and ‘corrected’.

My next artistic goal is that I want to train myself to paint fast. When it comes to painting, I currently work pretty slow and meticulously. It gives a cool look at the end, but part of my journey as a person, and in creating ‘Organic Reconstruction’, is that I want to be able to live life without worry of perfection and making mistakes. So, I’ll be challenging myself in the near future to work quickly, and more powerfully.