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Kathlyn's avatar

Great reminder for us all 😁

Those imperfections are what make us human, and so they *should* be in our creations. After all, we have all seen soulless AI art and been put off by it, so why not create imperfect *human* pieces! 🥰

Dave Cousins's avatar

Thanks Grant. Needed to hear this - again! Considering having it tattooed down both arms!

Grant Snider's avatar

Just need to find the perfect tattoo artist first 😁

Dave Cousins's avatar

😂 Agh! Nooooooo! 😂

Judy's avatar

I LOVE your panels. They absolutely resonate in my experiences. One day, I woke up and realized that the day was a gift. I get to see what happens. And that is the true adventure.

"That’s where the excitement lies." Thank you, Grant Snider.

Grant Snider's avatar

Thank you, Judy, great message!

K. Woodman-Maynard's avatar

So great! And I just got my hands on the book "Finish." Looking forward to digging in.

Cannuscio + Feuerstein Simon's avatar

So fab! Sharing with my favorite perfectionists! Saving a copy for myself.

Nushen Baihe's avatar

Perfection is a journey not an end point!

Illustrated Whispers's avatar

So true. Solid content!

Thomas Cleary's avatar

There’s so much more joy in imperfections than there could possibly be in the agony of chasing an elusive ideal.

Do your best and expect a few pratfalls. And laugh once you begin to pick yourself up again. We’ve all been there. We’ll understand.

Abhishek Singh's avatar

Loved it. Maybe needed this at this point :)

Unhinged Letters's avatar

Another good book in this vein: *Meditations for Mortals”.

Grant Snider's avatar

Love that book!

Mary Lee Vacca's avatar

I loved this and found it really inspiring. When I started writing my book, I decided up front I would never consider publishing it. It was for me alone and that was so freeing. My book overall is garbage, but there are a couple of chapters I like, a few paragraphs that are pretty good and a couple of sentences that to me really sparkle! Now I need to apply that mindset to my watercolor in, most of which look like cat barf!! Thanks for illustrating this so well!

Grant Snider's avatar

All writers have "drawer novels" which will never see the light of day. I happen to have a dozen or so of them...

Rachielle Sheffler's avatar

Thank you for the reminder.

Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Amen! I’m going to have to get the poster version!

Myq Kaplan's avatar

Dear Grant,

Beautiful piece! Thank you for sharing it!

Love

Myq

Grant Snider's avatar

You are welcome!

Lily's avatar

Love love love this! So true!

John Mendelssohn's avatar

The problem is that if you don’t aspire to perfect you generally wind up with something far below your best.