Somewhere in the middle it stops making sense.

The painting turns muddy. The story forgets where it was going. The project looks nothing like the vision that kept me tossing and turning at night.

I think this is where I most feel like quitting.

Not because I can’t do it but because it no longer looks like success.

Creation is not a straight line. It’s scratches and rewrites. It’s epoxy on my fingers, in my hair, spilled on my rug. It’s broken frames and wrong colors. It’s deleted pages. It’s lessons learned the hard way.

Screenwriting teaches you that the first draft is never the final draft.

Painting teaches you that mistakes lead to brilliant discoveries.

Crafting teaches your hands what your mind hasn’t learned yet.

And life… well it teaches you that imperfection is valuable.

If it’s important to you and it feels heavy, unfinished or disappointing then step back, take a breather and then… stay at it.

Trust the process because it knows where it’s taking you even when you don’t.

NOTE:Above is a muted video I made of some commissioned charcuterie boards embellished with colorful crystals that had me in tears at one point but turned out perfectly.