Whatever it is, it’s perfect

 From Hornby’s Dickens and Prince

But whether it was best Prince or average Prince, that wasn't the point. The point was that he had to do it." According to many people who've spent time with Prince, he was addicted to the creative process," says Duane Tudahl. "He was constantly looking for something that wasn't familiar to keep him interested." 

     "He was not a perfectionist," said Prince's engineer Susan Rogers. "He wouldn't have had that output if he'd been a perfectionist ... It just poured out of him-he couldn't wait on perfection." "Prince taught us perfection is in spontaneity," said Terry Lewis, who was fired from the Time by Prince, but who, with Jimmy Jam, went on to have an enormous career in production and songwriting. "You just do it, and whatever it is, it's perfect! Create, and don't ponder what you created." 

     In 1986, Prince built a studio, a proper one, in his home in Minnesota. The need for an expensive studio was an indication of both creative superabundance and, paradoxically, a lack of interest in perfection. A little four-track would have meant he was making demos, and he didn't want to do that. Demos were for laggards, for people who spend a long time making an album. Prince wanted to roll out of bed and know that whatever he recorded that day would be good enough, and then he could move on. He wanted to create, and not ponder. (81)

I'm reminded of Guided By Voices.  Superabundance of ideas (maybe sustained by the forward motion of creating stuff).  I like this.  

I recognize the feeling of "constantly looking for something that wasn't familiar to keep him interested."

Also reminded of the meditation/mindfulness phrase: "good enough."  This I associate with not wanting what you don't have and a feeling of gratitude.  (Thinking back just a couple days with Kleon talking about "gratitude tense" --- starting with "I have... I have" (referencing the Oliver Sacks quote at the end of his life.)

All in contrast to wanting to revise, refine, perfect, prepare.  Instead.... "make stuff."

category: inspiration to keep moving forward, staying curious