A lot was said here and made me think about my own way of doing things. Seems that while I do exhibit patience in the studio, outside of it ....as in my day to day life.......there isn't a lot of patience I have (although I've been working on it for many decades). Frustration with things has me forcing stuff, bending it to MY WILL OR ELSE whether it's trying to open a container, or closing a stubborn something and more often than not, by using pure strong force, I'll either break the thing, or hurt myself. Yet there's a weird satisfaction when the use of force works in my favor. It becomes an "I won!!" (add that 'mah hahaha' sinister laugh right after).....stupid and immature yes, yet I'm left feeling I accomplished something by sheer will. But in the studio.......it's different. I'm more aware of what could go possibly wrong if I force some action: Spills of hazardous liquids, a sharp instrument penetrating a body-part, the pressure of force breaking something on the piece I'm working on. Somehow, unlike in my daily life, I have learned to be patient, have no expectations, and allow a more organic mode to happen. That doesn't mean there won't be frustrations and/or disappointments in the studio, but how I deal with it there is vastly different than how I am say, in the kitchen or the rest of the house. In the studio, I've learned patience by way of experience. Excellent article as usual.
A lot was said here and made me think about my own way of doing things. Seems that while I do exhibit patience in the studio, outside of it ....as in my day to day life.......there isn't a lot of patience I have (although I've been working on it for many decades). Frustration with things has me forcing stuff, bending it to MY WILL OR ELSE whether it's trying to open a container, or closing a stubborn something and more often than not, by using pure strong force, I'll either break the thing, or hurt myself. Yet there's a weird satisfaction when the use of force works in my favor. It becomes an "I won!!" (add that 'mah hahaha' sinister laugh right after).....stupid and immature yes, yet I'm left feeling I accomplished something by sheer will. But in the studio.......it's different. I'm more aware of what could go possibly wrong if I force some action: Spills of hazardous liquids, a sharp instrument penetrating a body-part, the pressure of force breaking something on the piece I'm working on. Somehow, unlike in my daily life, I have learned to be patient, have no expectations, and allow a more organic mode to happen. That doesn't mean there won't be frustrations and/or disappointments in the studio, but how I deal with it there is vastly different than how I am say, in the kitchen or the rest of the house. In the studio, I've learned patience by way of experience. Excellent article as usual.