The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

Failure

"Ever tried?

Ever failed?

No matter.

Try again.

Fail again.

Fail better."
Samuel Beckett

Thunderhead over Capitan Mountain

Photo by Marilyn W. Lathrop

Real Life

"Life for many adolescents has been saturated with pleasures that the banality of the workplace cannot match."
Mel Levine, Ready or Not Here Life Comes