Two groups of a pottery class - Creative Confidence #18
In a story from the book Art & Fear, a ceramics instructor divided his pottery class into two groups during the first session.
One half of the students, he announced, would be graded on quality as represented by a single ceramic piece due at the end of the class. The other half of the class he would grade based on quantity.
Throughout the course, the “quality” students funneled their energy into meticulously crafting the perfect ceramic piece, while the “quantity” students threw pots nonstop in every session.
At the end of the course, the best pieces all came from students whose goal was quantity, the ones who spent the most time actually practicing their craft.
Lesson:
If you want to make something great, you need to start making.
[Creative Confidence Newsletter: 18 of 25]
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