THE GAP BETWEEN YOUR TASTE AND ABILITY
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THE GAP BETWEEN YOUR TASTE AND ABILITY
One of the most valuable lessons we learned. But there’s more to it… 🤔
When we were students we heard about this concept of The Gap described by Ira Glass. It made perfect sense and explained why we felt our drawings suck.
It helped us for a while and as we improved, we felt better - the ga... See more
instagram.com“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... See more
Cedric Chin • Get Numb Before You Get Good
“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... See more