He said that having started many more things than you finish is a natural state for anyone who is actually engaged in doing a lot of creative work. He said that those unfinished projects were part of an ecosystem, and served a purpose; they were the nurse logs on the forest floor. Having them is not failure; having them is part of how the natural process works.
When he told me this, it felt like a huge iron spike had been taken out of my heart, or something. (from a post elisem made on 6/19/2007)
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He said that having started many more things than you finish is a natural state for anyone who is actually engaged in doing a lot of creative work. He said that those unfinished projects were part of an ecosystem, and served a purpose; they were the nurse logs on the forest floor. Having them is not failure; having them is part of how the natural process works.
When he told me this, it felt like a huge iron spike had been taken out of my heart, or something.
(from a post