Many of us get too wrapped up in believing the art we create has to be perfect, but there is no right way and no wrong way of creating art. Art is about the process of making things that make us happy. This is the idea behind the book ish by Peter Reynolds. The main character, Ramon, is discouraged because he does not think his drawings are “just right” enough. He would draw something on a piece of paper only to throw it away out of frustration. Later he finds that his sister is his biggest fan, keeping all of his thrown away artwork. His sister tells Ramon that his artwork is related to what he has drawn, for instance, a fish Ramon drew looks “fish-ish”, thus ish.
