Breaking the rules

As I learn how to knit, continue to crochet and needlepoint, hooking rugs, it has me thinking about breaking the rules and perfectionism. All these years I have been doing handicraft type work I am always trying to follow every pattern to perfection, every color correct, every stitch, pulling out mistakes and making corrections sometimes to frustration. But with cancer, my attitude has changed. I am more creative, doing what I want, making what I want, if a mistake is made does it really matter? does it add to the piece? Does it make it more human? Who is going to know - the needlepoint police? So to hell with it, I am unhooking my linear brain as much as possible and going with the creative flow and seeing what comes out.