I ran into several challenges as I engaged in creating a macrame design. They sprang from being overbooked, having poor time management, struggling with perfectionism and longing to make incredible art.
As a result, I spent too long on every part of the process as well as letting other responsibilities take me away from consistently working on it.
I thought I was trying to embrace enabling constraints, but I still thought about creating something 3D rather than getting on with a 15 – 30cm 2-dimensional design. I also kept starting over and continued to feel dissatisfied with the piece I created.
I worry if I don’t fulfill every ambition for a project that I won’t have the chance to do it later. But I also don’t have the skills, time or tools to create full-scale sculpture at this time.
I am not sure how to resolve these conflicting motivations.