Lipstick on the Pig

Happy Memorial Day - I hope everyone takes a moment to reflect and express your gratitude to those who have given their lives to defend us and protect our rights.

Just a little food for thought for today. I'm struggling under several converging deadlines at present (isn't that always how it works?) and found myself having to tell myself to 'quit putting lipstick on the pig". Now, in case you're wondering, I'm not truly making any 'pigs'. But I do think that as creative people (regardless of the medium - textile or otherwise) we sometimes have a very difficult time in recognizing when something is 'done' and it's time to move on. Normally the term to 'put lipstick on a pig' is a rural phrase meant to suggest something of less than attractive nature being dolled up superficially in hopes of making it look better. I think even when our projects aren't 'pigs' we still have this tendency to keep putting that lipstick on in case it's somehow going to become more perfect. Wouldn't it be great if we all had a friend on hand to gently but firmly tell it's time to move on!