All of a sudden it's 1974. The quote sent me back in time to sophomore illustration class at RISD. The quote is so true. ... Bob
On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:14 AM, David Millstone wrote: > The SharedWeight list grew out of a callers' class at Pinewoods. The impetus > for setting up the list was to provide a way for callers to support each > other. The list includes many who are relatively new to the caller's mic, > plus others who've been calling for some time > > I recently found something relevant by Ira Glass, host of "This American > Life" on public radio, and would like to bring it to the attention of new > callers in particular. He's talking in particular about storytelling, making > videos, but his comments apply to any creative endeavor, such as calling > dances. > > David Millstone > Lebanon, NH > > === quoted material follows: > > "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 > > === > > Here's a video clip of him talking, from which these quotes were taken > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY > > If you want to see the words animated: > http://vimeo.com/24715531 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
