I found some pretty good wisdom. There are things that you should know. You might even know these things. We're often needing to be reminded of them.
The following quotes are from "Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking."
I accept upfront that the improvements ... will be slow, incremental, and, largely undetectable to anybody but me — a fact that’s never more painfully clear than when I swoon over the work of the more talented friends who inspire me...
...as far as I can tell, dedication to the process can’t help but make you a better photographer — or a better whatever, for that matter.
Nobody likes feeling like a noob, especially when you’re getting constant pressure on all sides to never stick out in an unflattering way. And, in this godforsaken just-add-Wikipedia era of make-believe insight and instant expertise, it’s natural to start believing you must never suck at anything or admit to knowing less than everything — even when you’re just starting out. Clarinets should never squawk, sketch lines should never be visible, and dictionaries are just big, dumb books of words for cheaters and fancy people. Right?
Good stuff, eh? Applies to so many things, including the banjo.
Go read the article at Merlin Mann's site 43 Folders. Oh, if you're offended by a "bad word" or three, then consider this your warning. Skip over those words, replace them in your mind with some other word, but read the article.
-=Jim
