71: The Difference Between Hard and Wrong

"The Textile Creative" with Virginia Wygal · Apr 16, 2026 · 21m

The Difference Between Hard and Wrong

Every creative maker struggles. That's not the interesting question. The interesting question is what a particular struggle is actually trying to tell you.

Most makers respond to persistent struggle the same way - by turning inward. Not trying hard enough. Not skilled enough yet. Need to push through. And that response is sometimes exactly right. But sometimes it's exactly wrong. Because there are two fundamentally different kinds of struggle, and treating them the same way means misreading one of them entirely - and working harder at something that isn't…