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[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

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... It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.

Ira Glass

[-] Manticore@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Totally agree. I never really go for the advice that it’s good enough just because you tried your best, or put your heart into it, or felt like you were expressing yourself. Sometimes it still sucks. That’s not to say it’s a reason to give up, though. If anything it’s a reason to keep trying. After 30 years of playing music, I don’t think that feeling ever fully goes away, either.

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