I sometimes wonder...

[puina]

How do you deal with the frustration of having something in your head that you just cannot get your hands to make/paint/write? Is there something wrong, somewhere along the road between your brain and your hands that impedes you from doing what you want you to do? Or is your mind just too ambitious for your own skill? Sometimes -and these are rare times- I just keep at it and eventually manage something that somehow resembles that which I had imagined so well. And the other times- what are you supposed to do then? Just give up, or keep trying? Because there is a point in which trying and trying again, without any satisfactory results, just plain hurts. Maybe you just need to accept defeat and move on to other things- bigger, better things most adequately suited for your talent and limitations. Alright, maybe "bigger and better" is an embellishment; different things that we will eventually love and appreciate because we are inherently good at them.

I do have to make the occasional serious entry, guys. And I ask because there are so many incredibly talented, creative people in my friends list that I know could give me an honest answer. :-)

Comments

[miss-bushido.livejournal.com]

I have this problem all the time. I see these awesome drawings in my head that I want to do...but something gets lost along the way when I actually try to draw it. It's frustrating as all hell, but you've got the right idea of sometimes working through it and then seeing what you get.

[mcscary.livejournal.com]

Yes BUT when you try and try and try and try... and you don't get any better, it's even worse. It makes me feel useless sometimes. So eventually, I just stop trying anything and everything. (That's wrong, I KNOW)

[wikiwikiwick.livejournal.com]

I don't know the answer to this either, it bothers me all the time.

For now we try? We are still young.