Learning from mistakes

The ink blot, the crooked tower, the drawing with one leg too long. The urge to crumple it up and start over comes fast. Ask "what do you see in it?" before the paper hits the bin, and sometimes the mistake turns into the best part.

The way you react to their mistakes becomes the way they talk to themselves about mistakes. A curious question now turns into the voice they hear later, when something goes wrong and you’re not there.