How to Create the Freedom to Try new Things with Sari Shyrack
Artists are curious people. We love to try new things.
But here’s the challenge… trying new things can mean unknown territory. Which means potential flops. And when painting time is precious, you don’t want to spend your whole session working on something that may not work.
But you also don’t want to spend your whole artistic life playing it safe, right?
Practice daily.
For Shryack, daily practice was the key to unlocking bold work. She could show up each day and try something that excited her. And if it didn’t work, no problem. She was just showing up again tomorrow.
Put it to Practice:
There is a direct tie between how consistently you practice and how precious you feel about your work.
If you’re showing up once a month or even once a week, that painting time feels very precious. Which means it’s hard to not feel precious about the work too.
But feeling precious makes every piece of learning harder.
And you don’t need huge blocks of time. Shyrack started her painting career with 20 minute chunks of time while her new baby napped.
Part of what the daily practice gave (and still gives) Shryack is the ability to try new things without fear of flops. If she has an idea for a painting, she can just go try it. And if it doesn’t work, she can trust that she’ll be back at it tomorrow.
Knowing that you have more time scheduled for painting tomorrow means you can be braver today.