{"id":5358,"date":"2013-12-22T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2013-12-19T02:12:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T09:12:21","slug":"making-friends-with-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/making-friends-with-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Friends with Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a bit longer installment than I usually have on Sunday but I think this strip by Stephen McCranie<\/a> explains so well how silly it is for us to be so hard on ourselves, to expect perfection in every piece we create, and to miss out on the lessons we can learn from our imperfect creations. It is well worth the read. Click on the image here to see the entire strip. Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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