snakefiddler wrote:

my daughter is an artist, and my son is a photographer; an artist in his own
right, and i find that, like you, they are highly critical of their work.
usually the critiques are unfounded, (in my eye, anyway)

It's worse than that for some of us who woodwork. We've been known
to actually point out the imperfections of our work to the very people
who are on the receving end.

But, to quote a venerable ROFFian (and he told me I could use it):

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When it ceases to be tough to look at your own work in the bright clear
light of the next day, it's time to switch to something you're qualified
to judge.

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Chuck Vance (THAT was a damn good line)