Trial and Error

Learning a craft is all about trial and error. It is by making mistakes and hopefully learning from them, we become better at what we do. The goal is to get certain actions, methods and principles in our long term memory. This can only be achieved —at least in my case— by repetition. A master has all this knowledge stored in his (or her) long term memory.

I used to think I was a slow learner. Maybe I am, but as I grew older and more experienced, I've stopped comparing myself or my work to others. I’ve come to learn that it simply takes me a lot of time to get something in my long term memory. It’s like the connection between the short term memory and the long term memory in my brain are unstable. It’s not an issue really. It just means I need to be patient. And practice a lot by trial and error.

With the above design for that sketchbook's cover, I have a few problems to resolve. First of all, the spacing is unbalanced. The word Error is too close to the ampersand. Then there is the way the letters of the word Trial are not as evenly ordered horizontally as the letters from Error.