In detail:
This has been a hard lesson for me to learn. I am the consummate perfectionist. I want to know everything before I've been taught it and I want to execute everything perfectly the first time I attempt it.
Unfortunately, as I've experienced repeatedly, I'm not capable of that level of illogical perfection.
However, I am proud (and grateful) to say that I think I've finally accepted that it's okay to fail and make mistakes. And that it's not a true failure as long as I accept it gracefully and keep trying!
That, I think, is the hardest part for me: to keep trying! Not to give up when I get frustrated, but to push on.
I've found this lesson to be applicable in pretty much every aspect of my life (work, crafting, performing church callings, etc.).
And for quite some time I've been looking for a way to create my own. I thought, in our modern, technological society that for sure there would be some sort of automated application where I could just type in my quote or text and the program would magically format it into subway art that I could manipulate to my heart's content.
Sadly, for once, the internet has failed me. I cannot find such an app. However, with the help of my good friend Amy, I am now in the process of learning to create my own subway art the old-fashioned way (okay, well not really old-fashioned because that would probably require some sort of paper and stencils and such, and this is all digital...but, well, you get the point).
I am not terribly proud of my first attempt:
But! The important part is that I didn't give up when I didn't love it!
And now I have my second attempt (which I'm still not super happy with) and I intend to keep going until I create one I'm truly proud (and beyond).
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