October 2010
22 posts
“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 still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
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Ira Glass (via smut-to-go)
this is great. especially since that last reblog made me think about my furniture project, which I would definitely do differently now…based a great deal on my taste.
(via emmakat) amazing…..as someone who loves being creative, and feels they have not been in awhile, this is inspiring. Acoustical ceiling tile and VCT flooring in postal facilities doesnt exactly scream my taste….I hope to get there soon.
Broke is the New Black: Reblog with something silly you thought as a child... →
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I pronounced “YELLOW” as “LELLOW” for an embarrassing long time. My sisters convinced my I was saying it right, just hearing it wrong. I also believed my sisters when they told me the dust buster would suck me up, so they chased me around endlessly with it, and I was terrified for years.I thought if the world ran out of water I’d just drink Coke.
I thought God looked like Commander Riker in a white robe.
Hot. ;)
I thought David Bowie and Tina Turner were married because they had similar…
God is totally a woman
A guy identical to Ben Affleck and another, who I can only assume is his brother, identical to JFK Jr, just sat next to me on the bus.
“This is the architectural competition process. It’s similar to internet dating, but less fun.”
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charles holland on architecture competitions .. . entire entry here in which he calls on architects to stop participating in them .. . (via redorangeorangeonred)
#2. It gives away your main asset – your ideas – for free. After that, the rest is routine.
- Zach Galifiniakis: How many children do you have?
- Bruce Willis: 3
- Zach Galifiniakis: Which one is your favourite? Ashton?
I just realized
That woman from the Snickers commercial:
Looks alarmingly like Miss Viola Swamp from Miss Nelson is Missing:
This kind of terrifies me. Also, did you think that when that book was written, the author thought that Miss Swamp’s tights would be in style a few years later?
Guess which image is from the Sartorialist by clicking here, here and here
Must Have
Juicy Couture snake print leggings, $98 @ Juicy
Snake print leggings.
I think I’m in love.
These may become my fall going out staple.
Today is National Coming Out Day!
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Reblog if you support gay marriage.
Everyone who follows me needs to reblog this.
