Unconditional Generosity – See your work like a mother would see their child’s work. Generous. Gracious. It’s not about how great or magnificent the work is, the adoration is unconditional. Praising the effort. Praising the creativity. Praising the accomplishment. It doesn’t judge the quality of the work, it’s not about that. No criticism. No judgment. It’s love for love’s sake and sometimes love is blind.
Conditional Criticism – See your work with all its flaws, mistakes, shortcomings. Places you could’ve done better. Listen to and internalize everyone’s criticism. Struggle with yourself because it’s not “perfect”. Never being satisfied.
Critical Generosity – Appreciate the progress. Grateful for the accomplishment. Embrace the process. Don’t see the work as proof of validation or excellence. Don’t see it as proof of inadequacy or flaws. See it as a whole, see the flaws, mistakes, places you could’ve done better but seen as a whole, along with the progress, accomplishment and process. Everything is a rough draft.