Restoratives, A Dancer's Insight, & Becoming More Open

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

~ Martha Graham (American Dancer and Choreographer, 1894-1991)

I don't know if I'd agree that there's never any satisfaction -- that's too grim, but it's definitely true that growth is at least partially motivated by being unsatisfied with some aspect of your work, but not letting that dissatisfaction ruin your day or motivation. Martha Graham definitely had a great relationship between who she was at any given moment and an idea/desire of who she would like to be, and maybe it's comes down to dropping any idea/desire of what you should be and work instead on just becoming more open.