Attention to Detail

In the last blog post, we explored what it really means to pay attention. Paying attention to your surroundings and observing the life that is happening around us in every moment. Often, though, we want to pay attention to our work in different ways. Can we train ourselves to pay attention to detail? Can we get better at those little, tiny things that can sometimes have meaning much larger than their size? Whatever your craft, there is invariably some small yet integral piece. In origami, for example, a paper fold that is off by a smidgen can later mean that your origami figure is misshapen or off-kilter. For a week or so, list for yourself in a notebook the small details of your craft. Are any of them missing your care and attention?