Perfectionist’s Bane

May 14, 2019May 13, 2019 V.J. Knutson

No matter how
I organize the littles –
set the unruly to task,
orchestrate harmony
from chaos –
critics dismantle
the efforts, find
the loose thread
and tug…
until all
is worthless effort.

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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential. View all posts by V.J. Knutson

7 thoughts on “Perfectionist’s Bane”

Jazz Jaeschke says:

May 14, 2019 at 7:22 pm

Ah, but that’s all a critic knows how to do … This is a reminder that “critic” is not my goal!

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  May 14, 2019 at 8:44 pm
  
  Have to keep her in check for sure.
  
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sgeoil says:

May 14, 2019 at 11:23 pm

We can always find a loose thread, sometimes it is looking beyond the fine details at the whole that counts.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  May 15, 2019 at 12:46 am
  
  I have to keep reminding myself
  
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  1. sgeoil says:
    
    May 15, 2019 at 8:10 am
    
    Not always easy.
    
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LuAnne Holder says:

May 18, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Ah, that critic. She can sit with us but needs to stay in her corner and stop tugging at loose threads that are meant to be loose.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  May 18, 2019 at 4:20 pm
  
  Exactly! thanks.
  
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