“I have not failed 10,000 times—I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” – Thomas Edison The famous inventor said this in response to a question. It wasn’t only a good comeback, it was very true. The same is true of those paintings we discard, or hide. It’s true for those where we think, i”f it weren’t for that one stroke there, it would be good.” The reality is, every discarded painting, every drawing we would not show anyone else, helps us to improve. It’s because of all those images we throw away, that we have something wonderful to show. I was reminded of this recently, with a watercolor…