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exploring creative pursuits can lead to overly precious and sensitive thinking about the things you make!!! might just be me but oh well. Sharing works in progress with trusted people who get it can help lessen the fear of slamming post and can generate useful feedback. win-win! 😃👍
May 25, 2025
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i have nothing against bearing your soul to the world from time to time but when you’re collaborating on something it’s much easier to emotionally distance yourself from the thing you’ve made as opposed to feeling like you’ve given the world a piece of yourself that you have to trust that it won’t smash into a million pieces (or worse, completely ignore)
you get to be all like “i think *we* could improve this“ instead of “i completely fucked this up.“ counter-intuitively, it’s great for the ego, and you get to learn a lot from the other person(s) involved
Mar 18, 2025
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Important to learn what you do and don’t like. If you have the luxury of creating work that isn’t your usual style/medium, do it do it do it! You will learn more, and you don’t have to share it remember!
May 14, 2025
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I think a big hurdle with creative stuff (especially in the age of social media) is the pressure to constantly create something great and to post about it. It's healthy to acknowledge that just because you're making something doesn't mean you need to commodify it or even share it publicly at all. When I was in the early stages of things, I really wasn't ready to open it up to judgement or critique. I think that would have dissuaded me from it entirely. Even accomplished artists that have made a living off of their work still have to make "bad" pieces from time to time, and it's ok to take time to find your voice and what you enjoy making. Critique groups are a valuable thing and often very positive, but if you need to incubate your ideas within your close circles for a while, do that! Also, I'm recovering from a migraine, so I don't know if any of this is coherent ✌️
Feb 15, 2024
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🎶here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten🎵 next time you're traversing the youtube highway tune it all down to 480p. Hell go as far as 240p. I'm curious whether this practice provides anything revelatory🤔
May 27, 2025