Sometimes ideas are just waiting for us at the periphery of our minds. They are there, but they are also a little shy. You have to coax them out. Sometimes I feel like my consciousness is a bit like a light cast down on a stage. There are things that I am aware of that are fully in the light. There’s a bunch of stuff I’m not aware of in the dark. And then there’s the stuff at the edges. Maybe I can see a shadow but I’m not quite sure what it is. So I move the light a little bit …

       So you’ve been working something to perfection and it’s driving you crazy. It’s been three weeks and you just can’t get that last detail right.        What would you do if it were due for a class or to your boss in a day? At the end of today? In an hour? Last week?        Creative endeavors can be hard because they are personal and often have no deadlines. We care about them deeply and …