A reflection on the gap between creative aspirations and initial skill level, encouraging persistence and volume of work to bridge the divide, as expressed by Ira Glass.
The Gap 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 stu ff , it ʼ s just not that good. It ʼ s trying to be good, it has potential, but it ʼ s not.