06/22/2026
This weekend was a highlight, seeing my work hanging at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts and getting to join for a panel discussion. Moments like these remind me why I keep picking up the camera.
I've been returning to this quote from Rick Rubin lately, it’s a great reminder to let go of perfectionism and just enjoy the act of creating:
All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the outcome. Whatever the result, we will receive useful information that will benefit the next experiment. If you start from the position that there is no right or wrong, no good or bad, and creativity is just free play with no rules, it’s easier to submerge yourself joyfully in the process of making things. We’re not playing to win, we’re playing to play. And ultimately, playing is fun. Perfectionism gets in the way of fun. A more skillful goal might be to find comfort in the process. To make and put out successive works with ease.
If you haven't read his book, The Creative Act I'd highly recommend it. We’re not playing to win, we’re playing to play. Let's go!
