Consistency.
What does it mean to you?
Does it mean performing consistently at a certain level, or does it mean consistently producing a specific quantity, without worrying about quality?
My guess is that for most of, those of us in the habit of creating things, whether it be art, content, or even ideas and inventions, that quality would ideally be a part of the equation, but that more often than not it falls to the wayside in an effort to produce a certain amount at a certain pace.
A variation on succeeding through repetition, after multiple failures.
That’s where I place my focus—making sure to write a certain amount everyday. And necessary I push myself to go beyond that and share the result, regardless of whether it’s my best work or worst work or something in the middle.
Lately, though, I’ve been wondering about this part of my process. Is it necessary to share the things that I’m not satisfied with just to meet a personal deadline? Or does doing so harm me in some way?
I’m inclined to say that it is necessary, that not sharing something daily would lead to a decrease in my creative output, which would in turn lead to a decrease in overall quality, but my mind is far from made up.
What are your thoughts?
(1)
watching the rain
a baby beside me
hot with fever
(2)
what romance
do they sing about
frogs in the night
(3)
distant mountain
haunting the horizon
a ghost in the haze
(4)
sunflower
how tall
will you grow
(5)
filling my cup
she smiles
off limits
(6)
umbrellas
holding up the sky
the game must go on
(7)
here we are
face to face again
Monday
As always, thank you for reading.
