The Gap
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.
LinkThe Gap
from the radio producer Ira Glass, on feeling disappointed by your own work:
All of us who do creative work...get into it because we have good taste. But there’s a gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making...It’s not that great. It’s really not that great. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it’... See more
Celine Nguyen • The Divine Discontent
I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It takes awhile. It’s gonna take you a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.