by IRA GLASS
Hello Creatives. We are all creative. We come from generations of creatives. Whether it's to create a card for your friend or pursuing to place mankind on Mars, we create in almost every day of our lives. So it's important to know that creation is a process not an end goal. Being a creative means that we are always pursuing this process, so this is a powerful reminder for anyone of you who are creatives, who are stuck in their creative process or standing at the ledge wondering if you should dive into it, afraid to fail.
You're not going to achieve what you envision in your mind the first time, that's ok, most of us don't. You see that picture above? I repainted the rose several times because I'm not satisfied with the outcome. But which each process, I learn something and I get little better at it. I'm on that journey myself and so my husband showed me this video to set me right again. I want share this with all of you because I know the struggle. So watch this video, be inspired this weekend.
xoxo
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
But there is this gap.
For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good.
It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.
But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer.
And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.
Most people I know who do interesting,
creative work went through years of this.
We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have.
We all go through this.
And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase,
you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.
Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.
It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap,
and your work will be as good as your ambitions.
And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met.
It’s gonna take awhile.
It’s normal to take awhile.
You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
- Ira Glass
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