“I got it right in the morning and I didn’t get it right in the afternoon.” It seems like a throwaway statement. One of those conversation fillers that you might throw into an everyday conversation. But if you lift it out, you can “hear” that there is so much more going on. What went right? What went wrong? It’s for you to decide.
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This particular statement was made by one of the contestants on The Great British Baking Show. Chetna Makan said it after she lost and didn’t make it to the next round or episode. Obviously, in this case, her bakes in the morning were good, but she didn’t do well in the final challenge. But when I heard her make that statement, it turned my head. To me, the statement is intriguing and can have so many different meanings for so many different people. What will it mean for you or for one of your characters?
Finding interest in the small things, the throwaway phrases, the slight gestures….that’s where inspiration can come from. In All We Need Is Creative Inspiration, I wrote about how we find our inspiration while practicing. And small phrases like this can help. What does this small phrase inspire you to create?
I agree Jennifer, it’s finding inspiration the little things, the ‘moments’ as I call them that help with my creativity.
For me the quote was about how we are never perfect…that things are always changeable and one outcome is no guarantee of an identical one.
I agree. Even with the exact same ingredients, a pie doesn’t always come out exactly the same way from o e to the next.
This is often time our heroes journey, they start out strong before they face their greatest trials.
And to elaborate on that, but their early strength is perception, it is not until they are facing the trials that their strength can be built.
For me, the quote also gives me a sense of grab the moment when you can as you never know what will happen later. ?
Oh yeah. Now that you point it out, I can see that as well.
I guess I am taking this in the literal sense, “I got it right in the morning and I didn’t get it right in the afternoon.” I baked professionally for 7 years and I could tell you numerous times that I messed up something even though it was a recipe that I had done many times and knew well. It could be a simple oversight of recipe conversion or you just had a lot of juggling going on and were pulled at different directions or you were having a personal problem. Compound all these factors to perform in a competition. I love doing competition where I can prepare the item in advance (like a cake or showpiece), but I hate doing mystery basket or something that requires coming up with recipes on the spot like this baking show. So, I totally get that quote and it’s not the end of the world if we mess up.
A great post for those of us that struggles with perfection. So if I succeed in the am, the my failures in the pm are just going to set me up for more successes in the am!