THE GAP by Ira Glass
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THE GAP by Ira Glass
There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.
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one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.
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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. A lot of... See more
Ira Glass, the creator and host of the influential NPR show This American Life. In an interview about radio production and storytelling that has since been extensively shared online, Glass offers the following advice: All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. . . . But it’s like there’s a gap. That for the first cou
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And so it goes for virtually any skill. There is always a gap between being an apprentice and being a craftsman. The apprentice has the taste, but not the skill. The craftsman has the taste and the skill.
It’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to prod... See more
It’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to prod... See more