document the people... LensCulture and legendary photography agency Magnum Photos are again joining forces to produce one of the best opportunities for photographers all over the world! Any case, I was thinking about the importance of turning out new work all the time (like the “write a novel” month) – setting a deadline, even though you may have nothing at all. And for you to go through it, if you’re going through it right now, if you’re just getting out of that phase or if you’re just starting off and you’re entering into that phase, you’ve got to know it’s totally normal and the most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work. Imagine a completely modular world, one broken into individual, endlessly interchangeable units.

© 2020 LensCulture, Inc. Photographs © of their respective owners. And the thing I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be. The first two minutes of this video should be required viewing for anyone and everyone getting into a creative field. Thanks for this great post with advice. Through her tactile experiments in analog photography, textile arts, and performance, Brooklyn-based artist Hernease Davis treats the creative process as a healing tool. Definitely one of the most inspiring (or illuminating) pieces of advice I’ve come across. It so happened that I was in a bit of a creative rut myself, and was encouraged to work on as many different forms of creative output as I could. I’ve been at graphic design professionally for almost 2 years and it….is….tough. Death is the name of a small village in Finland. This is perfect timing for me.

Thanks for the post! A lot of people never get past that phase and a lot of people at that point quit.

Great clip, thanks! The reason for that is certainly doing a large body of work. I will keep working hard. I am a graphic design student and I am still new to this stage and I know that in time my style and skill level will be enhanced with much practice and determination.

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In his case, he’s talking about video production, but his points are easily applied to any other realm. FAX: (763) 781-9348 A refreshingly smart, engaging photo exhibition presents five unique views on traveling the highways of France—the rich diversity of photographic vision and imagination is alive and well in Paris! I have little time to produce volumes of work since i am not young, in college, or single, but it is slowly building…. http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2007/02/quantity_equals.html. Its both comforting and troubling to know that it is normal to feel this way about your own work. Can’t say how good this video made me feel about my work, which I often find has that gap – between what it is and what I want it to be. 3. Which is why it’s good to keep in mind the fact that you should put something out on a schedule, whether you like it or not. But he’s still understandable and interesting. Great advice and encouragement for anyone involved in creative endeavors, by one of our heroes, Ira Glass. Progress

The first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good — it’s not that great. In less than 2 minutes, Ira Glass explains the best way to work toward creative excellence in no matter what you are trying to do — inspiring! Ira Glass, host of This American Life, may be the golden child of radio, but his musings on the creative process apply to all disciplines.Always an inspiration, his thoughts on creative drive, the power of failing and the need for tenacity make any struggling creative feel right at home. However, the art of ruthlessly producing is something that still eludes me. Wow. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking/dp/0961454733, I would have to say I am there…but time will tell what my taste is like. Agnieszka Sosnowska’s striking self-portraits chronicle rural life in the volatile landscape of her adopted homeland, East Iceland. I am married, soon to have two kids…producing volumes of work would have been easier a couple years ago (in college) but now…But it slowly builds as long as i stick to it. This inventive series of horizon landscapes reflects on our increasingly subdivided environment.

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Phone: (888) 781-9331 It can get very frustrating to keep making stuff that doesn’t work out, but every now and then something comes through. Ira Glass on the creative process This nifty kinetic typography video gives us a little perspective from Ira Glass, producer and host of the public radio podcast This American Life . In his case, he’s talking about video production, but his points are easily applied to any other realm. The more work you do, you hone your skills AND your taste. thank you for sharing this.

It’s that drive that keeps us alive!

Thanks for posting this. is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. Part of the creative process is bridging what Ira Glass calls, The Taste Gap. Eventually, you'll be capable of creating what you imagine, your standards will rise, and you'll have to bridge a new taste gap. I was actually thinking about it lately after making one of the first pieces recently that actually somewhat achieves my overly ridiculously high goals for myself… Glad to see it reposted so I can give it another listen. Great advice and encouragement for anyone involved in creative endeavors, by one of our heroes, Ira Glass. I’m still in school as well, and tonight was just feeling ready to quit.

I’ve been struggling with this for quite awhile, and this got me a little choked up! While this isn’t always bad, your setting yourself up for epic failure. In her new photobook, Venetia Dearden explores the tough, vanishing ways of life of subsistence farmers and travelling communities in England. Weird. I didn’t see any gap between their good taste and their work.

Alex, This nifty kinetic typography video gives us a little perspective from Ira Glass, producer and host of the public radio podcast This American Life. I wish I would have seen this a decade ago. Posted by: Alex on 09.21.2009 in Education. I remember watching this years ago and I still think about it to date. It is hard to stay up on what is new, and keeping myself from getting redundant – for that I am thankful to have resources like this site, thanks Scott and all who contribute here! I found this on most perfect day. i’m still in that phase so i can’t tell if it’s true but it’s very motivating, Great reminder. The first two minutes of this video should be required viewing for anyone and everyone getting into a creative field. 661 LaSalle Street, Suite 200 I really needed to hear this. Eva Persson thought that was funny. Cheers! Special Requests + Baltra + Trees + Willits, Tycho European Dates + Glider Music Video, ISO50 Music Exclusive: FREE MP3 EP PART II, http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2007/02/quantity_equals.html.

Swedish photographer Im a young individual who strives to do a lot of creative work (architecture student) and I am often disappointed in how my work turns out and how few of my ambitions actually come to fruition. In less than 2 minutes, This smart multi-generation selection of work by 12 photographers displays the quality, diversity and dynamism of contemporary South African photography. This is really inspiring and relieving for me to here. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy, was a psychologist who researched infidelity. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it’s not quite that good. Oh wow! Visit Family.Science to learn more.

Ira Glass explains the best way to work toward creative excellence in no matter what you are trying to do — inspiring! I see the opposite being the person that writes one thing and pines over it his whole life. Are they exceptions to the rule? … but… he does at the same time. Ira Glass of PRI’s This American Life talks about creativity, and absolutely kills it (via these wonderful transcriptions from the Design Talk blog): “What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . I would say he doesn’t really have a radio voice. Or is this just a platitude? Wow! While Glass focuses his honest-yet-encouraging message on the creative work that people produce (he's a storyteller by trade), taking a broad view of the term "creative" helps his advice apply to many professions. Thanks for posting this. Is this true? Recommended ReadingCreative ProcessCreative ThinkingCreative Process of ‘Looper Director’ Rian JohnsonA Choreographer’s Creative ProcessIra Glass on Storytelling Ira Glass on Storytelling In these four short videos Ira Glass of NPR’s “This American Life” talks about what makes a great story. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, your taste is still killer and your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you’re making is kind of a disappointment to you. Announcing the Winners of the Inaugural LensCulture Critics’ Choice 2020!

Ira Glass describes the importance of producing a lot of work to endeavor through the frustrating early stages of a creative career.

Thank you Ira Glass!

Have you read this? . This advice is similar to the main idea of the book “Art and Fear” – Pretty good/quick read. We knew that it didn’t have the special thing that we wanted it to have and the thing to do is — everybody goes through that. This might be some of the most important advice Ive gotten this year. Martine Fougeron documents the delicate, turbulent stages of adolescence through intimate portraits of her own children’s lives. Great some nice post with video . Thanks so much for sharing! It turned out that I had never made a kinetic typography before, and tried my hand at the one that eventually became the “Ira Glass on the Creative Process…

The discipline of Family Science is vibrant and growing. This is very true, but I think my taste is growing and changing over the years so that gap between what I think is good and what I actually create shrinks and grows continuously over time. I guess the only way to get better is to always work MORE. (P.S. WOW. Death and its inhabitants over the course of a year to discover and

That is SO true!.. It’s definitely a good motivator and something I wish I had heard a while back. wow. Ira’s words were right on point.