{"id":6779,"date":"2025-12-02T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:54:22","slug":"what-is-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2025\/12\/what-is-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"what is enough"},"content":{"rendered":"I am never satisfied with what I create. That is what is means to be an artist<br \/><br \/>I try to make the time.  I will cherish the ideas, the vision that comes in my head to create.<br \/><br \/>Capturing the muse, making it into a reality\u2014I don\u2019t always do it. But if I make the habit\u2014like this weekly wonder essay\u2014some of those idea will become a reality.<br \/><br \/>Many will slip back into the mist.<br \/><br \/>Some few I will take the time to realize. I\u2019ll string the material, the words, together to sketch the idea.<br \/><br \/>Which is never what I hoped for.<br \/><br \/>It could be better. I could be better. I wish for more time to give it what it deserves, what I can see in my vision of what it could be.<br \/><br \/>Not just time. I wish I had the skill and the ability<br \/><br \/>I don\u2019t yet. I suppose time is part of the package that would create the skill I wish I had but I don\u2019t yet<br \/><br \/>I\u2019m not satisfied. I would like to do better. I\u2019d like to be better.  <br \/><br \/>The drive to create is never quiet. I\u2019ve got a backlog of things I want to make, and more new ideas are still coming.<br \/><br \/>That\u2019s the reason for the habit of creation. I don\u2019t want to stop up the flow. I know nothing I make will be up to the mark I am thinking of. All the same, something is better than nothing. I spare line sketch might leave the faintest impression of the idea I have, and yet it realizes a suggestion of the concept I\u2019m reaching for.<br \/><br \/>As I create it, the idea becomes more real to me and the goal seems more and more unreachable.<br \/><br \/>I come to a point where what I created is enough. I have learned to be content with an imperfect version.<br \/><br \/>I hope for more, but I have to be satisfied with what I made. Next time, I will do even better. And I\u201dll have the chance with my habit to keep creating.<br \/><br \/>Faith in life is the belief that I can do better. Every little bit of better counts. That makes this day something to believe in.<br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am never satisfied with what I create. That is what is means to be an artist I try to make the time. I will cherish the ideas, the vision that comes in my head to create. Capturing the muse, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2025\/12\/what-is-enough\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6780,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions\/6780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}