I feel comfortable sharing my incomplete VCD project with all of you, partly because I am proud of how much I learned, and partly because I learned something about myself in the process.
I am taking VCD 1 as we speak. We were given an assignment (and maybe some of you have already taken this class at EWU from Prof. Hwang) in which we are given a single word to express with a graphic illustration or photo. I chose the word "revive" if you can't make it out by looking at the picture. Here is how it turned out. It is what it is at this point.
I should have chosen the word "incomplete". It wasn't one of the choices, but incomplete is what it is, and will probably stay that way for a while. Then I got to thinking, I am incomplete. I am a work in progress. And that is okay!
I get frustrated because I am a perfectionist. If it isn't perfect it usually gets stuck in a drawer or thrown out. But, for the first time in my life I am not going to throw out my imperfect work. I am going to keep it. Maybe it will help me to remember that it is okay to leave something incomplete, but it is not okay to give up. It is okay to set lofty goals for yourself, but it isn't okay to give up because you aren't perfect the first time or make a mistake.
I hope you enjoy my imperfect art. I hope you aren't afraid to share your "works in progress" either.
I love it. Who do you have as your intstructor?
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