Thank you, Eugene! For teaching me about discernment! Yes!! I get it ! And I hope that I have been and will be discerning, rather than critical in many facets of my life. Btw, my high school teacher said I would never be an artist! Now, I paint and draw! But there is still that part of me that says I’m not good at it. Perhaps I need to be a better ‘judge’ of my own creativity. This essay is priceless. Thank you!
Thank you, Jeannine! I know the feeling very well - that critical voice from the past. I agree, we should start with being our own best critic - a discerner and appreciator.
Teachers can squash students with one cruel word. That is so wrong.
True!
Thank you, Eugene! For teaching me about discernment! Yes!! I get it ! And I hope that I have been and will be discerning, rather than critical in many facets of my life. Btw, my high school teacher said I would never be an artist! Now, I paint and draw! But there is still that part of me that says I’m not good at it. Perhaps I need to be a better ‘judge’ of my own creativity. This essay is priceless. Thank you!
Thank you, Jeannine! I know the feeling very well - that critical voice from the past. I agree, we should start with being our own best critic - a discerner and appreciator.
I have come to consider that an editor's highest achievement is as described here.
Yes, I think so too!
Writersand artistst who are gone still influence our efforts and dont you know when you feel it!