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I want to tell a story, see the world, make art, take photos, change attitudes, share thoughts, make memories, hear good music,
drink good coffee, dig my feet in the sand, ride my bike, inspire, rebel, revolutionize, make a difference. That's all.
“ 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.
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Ira Glass

I was just talking to my good friend Athena in Oregon about the desire to be doing something better than what I’m doing with the creative work at the moment, and the feeling of frustration from not quite being able to get to where I want to be. She immediately emailed me this quote, and told me a bunch of great stuff. I love her. She’s played such an amazing role in inspiring me to be creative, and all by simply being her creative amazing self, hanging out often, painting, riding bikes, and drinking coffee. Thank you A.



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