The good problem is too many scraps from our work to pick up in the moment.
The challenge is we might want to pick up the scraps before we even begin making them.
How often do you find yourself not starting something because concern or judgement of what it will require afterwards?
Of course, we shouldn’t make un-necessary mess especially if others have to clean it up without agreeing to it…
But if we make a mess in a controlled environment or even just make scraps with our work, most often, we are doing work of value.
To physically create or manipulate something, whether words, images, paint, structure, is to commit to it. Just as I type these words on my computer, they don’t carry as much meaning as if I were to write them out, cut out each word, move that word around on a canvas, and paste it down.
Of course, we can’t always physically manipulate something but even if this is a metaphor, we must be trying to leave behind some sort of scraps.
It can then be just as much of a joy to pick up those scraps afterwards as they represent real value added. Real ideas put out there. Real art actualized. And we may even find something new in the scraps
But first, don’t fret about picking up scraps before you’ve created them. Simply create some scraps and go from there.
This idea relates to the Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge blog based on an idea from Betty S. Flowers.
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