1 February 2024

Today’s work is done, things went pretty smoothly. The one problem I’m kicking myself over happened while painting the ceiling spackle. Previously I had painted part of a ceiling with the wrong type of paint, I used primer and now have spackle paint. The miss matched paint meant I had to paint the whole ceiling, I was finished and noticed a spot that could use some more attention. As I rolled the spackle came with it, leaving a more noticeable problem. We’ll do something to fix the hole, what’s frustrating is that I didn’t have to do that last bit, if I had stopped when I said I was finished the problem would have been avoided. There are no free lunches, I’m thankful that so much went so well and if an ugly spot is the price I’ll survive. There are other spots I could nitpick, but I’m learning my lesson and stopping while ahead. What I learned through making art in the past, is the parts the creator focuses on will likely never be thought about by the audience. In the beginning, and I’ve seen others do this, I would show someone my work and they would politely compliment it. Then I was go down the list of what didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. No one knows the ideal in my head or the process of making it, they only see the reality in front of them and judge on that. Being able to look as if seeing for the first time is a skill I’ve work on, it can only go so far since different people will have different interest. Sharing work with others is helpful because they provide alternative perspectives.