So now it's Thursday

So, all the stuff that took place on Tuesday must have worked, because I was up until 1:30 AM working on an illumination of the letter "B"..went to bed then up at 5:00AM working on it again...Hours and Hours of work and I realize that it is ever so slightly crooked...Funnily enough, that is really OK and I did what I could to correct the angles so it would not be noticed as much...but, it is most definately crooked. When I did the layout, I was thinking that this was just a practice piece and I wasn't particularly careful about the correctness of the whole thing...So, lesson (I hope) learned...I know this from painting...that if the beginning is rushed or carelessly treated, then the final result may suffer for it. Creativity does not mean wadding things up and mashing them around..that is not the risk-taking I am looking for...I am willing to chance screwing a piece up by trying something new, but sloppiness is just not where I am at with the whole thing. There is a fine line between perfectionism as a bad thing and trying my best to do something as well as I can. I think, this time, that I may remember that..hope so. Anyway, I like the "B" a lot, crooked or not and I had an idea this morning about doing the whole alphabet to create an ABC book. As Gaudi said, we return to the source...I used to make ABC books with scrap paper, glue and magazine cutouts when I was a child..I have always liked them.. I have also always liked quotes. I have a lot of them taped to the door jamb and (somewhere) a book or two filled to the brim with quotes I have collected over the years. It seems to me that the Calligraphy and the illumination may prompt me to do more with these things...the evolving of the act of creation is fascinating to me...and, I only have one subject to study it...Me. I think that this is important for me to remember...That whatever I am doing is OK...because I injure no one and I feel great pleasure in my own activities. It has only taken me 71 years to realize this...not bad, really, some people die before they get this. A contented day, this Thursday. Thanks.