if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail

The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
I was unwilling to be trapped by something that looked successful on the outside, but felt like shit on the inside.
All That Remains
When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.
jamesclear.com • “Make Good Art” by Neil Gaiman
Your habits always come hunting after you. The self you construct will haunt you