The process of making art and creating design is interesting, especially at the end, when doubts and uncertainty can invade. I have completed many design projects that, I felt, were inadequate and lacking when they were finally going to print, or uploaded, or otherwise completed.

And three to six months later, it’s all good. I can get too close to projects and completely lose sight of the first few ideas.

This happened with a video-poem written and designed last summer. I kept adding to it, working at it, massaging it, until I thought it was beyond repair; yet it was much better than v.1. A deadline approached and was met. And the work was accepted into an international show last summer. (View the video.)

Now “The Mantis Shrimp” will be screened at the show, “Graphic Content,” and the lecture will be conducted by Jeremy Shipley starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Jacoby Art Center in Alton, Illinois. The website notes: “A conversation on the influence of culture, war, recession, and rebellion in the Arts will ensue followed by a discussion on anti-art as well as the emergence of mixed media, inter-media, and new technologies in Art and Design today.”

And the Atticus Review has picked up the motion piece for future online publication.

And, a few months ago, conducting a lecture about the work, I was surprised at how well it was received.

There is no sense in judging our most recent creative work. Let it simmer. I relearn this almost daily.

Give it a few months.

Six, nine, or 12 months — if you can.

Then take a look.