I was watching public access TV saturday night and was struck by the inablility of local vidographers to edit their work. Anything goes, and as it seems, everything goes. this is the mark of a seasoned artist, the ability to edit ones own work. I read that Davinci said a good student is one who is never satified with the work they have done. I think this begins the ability to self edit. It's the artist who thinks that everything they do is great who puts all their work out for public speculation. If you don't edit your own work then the public will begin to do it for you.
I'm too tired to edit this entry. I'm just putting it out there; you be the judge.

I go through these very typical stages of creativity. First I get an idea to make something new, then I spend a whole heap of time restlessly messing around in material. Later I become frustrated because nothing is working out quite as I had predicted. Out of this mess comes one or two ideas that I can build upon. From these seedlings a new body of work bust forth. Its a painful process and I wish I could just set a pace and plod along, but if you want your work to grow you must suffer growing pains.

Making art is play. Go into your studio and play around with ideas and material. There is no screwing up when you are playing around. Sometimes I get too serious with my work, its like trying to move around in a straight jacket. I need to goof off and make silly work, do stupid art. I have plenty of time to get serious and refined later, when I figure out what I really want to be making, through play.