Don’t worry.

Whatever you’re doing right now to make better art and be a better professional, even if it feels like you’re spinning your wheels, is forward momentum.

Steve Arensberg and I were talking recently about that hard, frustrating, slow “grind work” when you’re slogging through a motivational dip, and compared it to “killing rats for experience points in Dungeons and Dragons.”

Keep that in mind when you’re clumsily playing with Manual settings, practicing depth of field work, and photographing your kid/friend/cat for the 316th time.

You’re killing rats for experience points.

It all adds up.

What’s the biggest challenge holding you back today? E-mail me and let me know.

– James Michael

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