The Emmy will have no effect on me, from the standpoint that you've still got to wash your bowl after breakfast.
The dripping... well, if it happens, it happens; it does not take anything from the work. The dripping just proves that you were not trying to control the work, but the work was developing by itself and if it drips, it's a natural part in the evolution of the work.
If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

