Friday, September 23, 2011

Putting it Together - Failure

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” ― Thomas Edison

I saw this quote this week and remembered how much I love it. I'm sure you all can relate, sellers and buyers alike. I know just recently in trying to remember how to make these lovely Halloween Cat charms, I just couldn't get the process right and I made them just last year.

I guess what I'm trying to say, and Edison was trying to say, is that there is no success without some failure.  Sometime it can be so frustrating, when you spend a day taking photographs and none of them turn out right, or you follow a recipe to the letter and your cake falls flat. I remember my first Angel Food cake from scratch. It was about 1 inch high.

Don't be afraid to experiment, that's where great ideas are born. Don't be afraid to fail that's where the genius lies. Don't you just know I fail at something EVERY day, but I still go on, because every day I succeed at something too.

3 comments:

Pili said...

Great words of wisdom we all need to be reminded on occasion! Thank you!

Maiden Jane said...

Well said. It's easy to focus on the #FAIL....,hard to focus on the successes...

Tommy Edison is an esp. good role model for us lighting gals, too!

Unknown said...

I think I need to hang that quote up on my studio wall! :)

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