Edit your art later

Once you tell yourself an idea will never work, your brain may begin to filter other good ideas as bad ideas.¹

Consider creating and editing at different times of day or on different days.² Many mix engineers recommend finishing a song, leaving it over night, then checking it the next morning to make any adjustments before sending it off.

Corita Kent says, “Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.”³