i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
@Elisha Edison thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
Also wanted to add, I appreciate the fact that you said you need to consume other things. So many people only want to create in an utter vacuum which never resonated with me.
Great video! Really enjoyed the "farmer mindset." Helped me think of getting things done even when I don't feel like it. I've been telling myself "you can't force creative work and it just has to get done when you feel like it." This is just a BS excuse and thinking of the farmer helped me realize that. So thanks!
I've watched like 60% of your videos but this one was very, very motivating. The mindset of "fighting battles to succeed" and the analogy of "fruits of labor are rotten" in particular really struck a chord in me. Thanks for being awesome and please keep uploading gems like this.
Thank you, Mr. Stewart. As an illustrator/designer, I have no problem with coming up with page after page of concepts and being creative, but organization and practical issues are elusive to me. To creative types, a lot of your valuable advice just doesn't occur to some of us.
I have tested software professionally for 20 years. I have a boss that is running me through this process and I find it is the key to massively improving my performance in this area as well. He didn't put it into a step by step formula like you did, but it's basically the same thing.
Totally agree! I don't consider myself an artist but I really appreciate your views and analysis videos. The point you made about focusing on the art you do right now also applies to your life in general, in my opinion. You should always focus on the moment and not on the future.. As other people said, you deserve so many more subscribers!
Awesome video. Helpful as always, I am really enjoying these. I've recently discovered that i get incredibly guilty taking breaks, not doing so and that has been unhelpful to my process. I'm also a terrible perfectionist but the worst part is I don't realise I'm doing it. Really enjoyed this, any more about day-to-day creative stuff is always welcome!
Thanks so much for watching! It's fine to take breaks, as long as your priorities are in-line. Too often "taking a break" equals goofing off for a whole weekend (which can be fine too, if you need a vacation for your mental health). Sometimes my focus is totally shot from hard work and I can only work in 10 minute stints, then watch a video or something for a minute to regain my mental balance.
Very helpful video for creatives. But I think you forget one very important aspect. And that is keeping the fun of creating alive. I'm not knocking the virtue of hard work and discipline in creative work, but if it becomes too much of a grind it is going to wear you out. If you create with fun, that joy is going to translate into the final product, and more people are going to like it. If I want to read something that was a total grind to do I am going to read a law report. Do I want to read a law report? Hell no. And so shouldn't you. Don't make your art too heavy, people.
I'd rather say "passion" than fun. If you are doing what you truly want, the passion isn't that hard to find, but many people assume that if they aren't having fun in a particular moment that they are doing something wrong and should quit. No! Even really fun things can be hard work that you don't want to do in a given moment.
man, no kidding Joey !! SO glad you're really ALIVE and not under someone's spell...FUN to me is Primary..id i'm not enjoying what i'm doing, then basically i'm putting on an act and not really FEELING it - I'll have none of THAT !!
@@DVSPress Very well spoken, I feel your diverse skillsets over the various arts ( music, literature, etc.) puts you in a particularly good position to make insights like this, and communicate them effectively, and artistically. Thanks for the video but, I disagree fun is creativity and learning, just like a kid learning to ride a bike, it's not all fun and games but the fundamental concept in learning to ride the bike is the joy of riding it after all. The creative process is hard to pin down, but playing around with crayons when we were kids, all we needed at first was the blank paper and the time to have fun creating shapes, forms and colors that eventually transition into more meaningful symbolic expressions. Kids also write about things in a similar way, first stringing together letters, then making them into words, eventually making them meaningful to convey out thoughts. The joy in expression and communication, is won through grinding. Great video
Perfectionism is my main problem because I want to keep refining scenes rather than finishing them at a quality below my own average. To prevent that I have to frequently ask myself "is this change *really* neccessary? Do I *know* that it makes the scene better?" If the answer is "I'm not completely sure" then it can wait because ideas that aren't greatly above my own average come to me all the time anyway so I can always do these minor changes in a later draft if by then I think it reads better. However, if it's a crucial story element that I have in mind then I write it down as a note. I don't write notes for minor not-story-related changes. I don't want to have the spark of a good idea be overridden because I'm busy writing an irrelevant change. I only have one brain.
That's why in writing I think it's important to think in phases. Your "writing" phase shouldn't consist of self-doubt and stalling. It should consist of putting on paper what you have planned. Leave the crippling self-doubt for the editing phase :)
I've kicked a story I wrote for Nanowrimo down the road for almost 7 years because I wasn't sure how to characterize it in a genre. Key 7 really bashes me over the head sometimes.
Avoiding perfectionism. Oh man, preach that brother. cause that´s not just a double bad thing it´s tripple. it will never be good enough for yourself .there is always tzhat one little phrase, that could be better, that one spelling mistake that you find. And that will ruin everything for you. you´ll just think "wth is this shit?" and that is just frustrating and will destroy your product because, even with the right mindset, you won´t continue if it´s nothing but frustrating. pretty much why i canned my first writing attempt first two chapters were great. not great but they were good. they did get somebody hooked (i wrote online so everyone could read it) somebody very dear to me actually nowadays. but after the third chapter where i started experimenting a little things went south (experimenting is not bad. if it works you have another tool in your toolset. if it doesn´t you can fix it later) because i totally did not like these chapters. the third one was not even that bad at all. if i think about it: the problem was not what i did, but how i did it. i did hard cuts between POVs something i learned to avoid. i still switch points of vies but i think i learned how to do it by doing it horribly wrong one time. but i didn´t see that i learned something: i saw the product was crap. the next chapter i did something bad again. i have no idea what it was anymore (the third chapter i only remember because somebody literally compared it to "Tauben im Grass" (doves in the grass) a classic piece of german post war literature i hated due to being to confusing with all these messy jumps between perspectives that made me loose focus of the story. Köppen the Author made the same mistake as me. or he did it on purpose but for me that style does not work. neither as a writer nor as a reader. So for me to use it is a mistake. case and point and if i just had seen figuring that out as something positive. i would not have been nearly as frustrated) but it frustrated me. it really rubbed me the wrong way. by the sixth chapter my motivation was down and it pretty much just was Duty to my two readers it had a visible impact on the quality and given i´m a perfectionist, that just delayed everything and in the end it was worse than the first thing i had on paper, and i just put it up. and in the sixth chapter i never finished it. dunno if it still existed. And i remember (that was my very first attempt to write something entirely on my own) that it had been something i had been quite passionate about. and i think i can now do it ,but only if i get rid of perfectionism. and my bad habit of using song lyrics. No matter how fitting they are. (like plan was the beginning of every chapter or every day of the story would start with a single line of Avril Lavigne´s "nobody home" because it just hit home and described Lisas mental state and her social situation quite nicely and it was her alarm tone. and you really don´t need more than a single line from the alarm if you need it at all) . but probably i should get to it again. just get it going again. ofc i´ll have to somehow get the first two chapters out of my head first, i don´t want to use them if i restart it, i want to do them fresh as well, but with that in mind. maybe i can turn that into something worth reading. pin down the game plan for the book on a document (that´s probably better than just having it in my head. because i have the story in my head fully planned out for years. only thing i need help is "filler" between the big scenes. because many of them are quite heavy and it would not work to put them right next to each other. some need to go in rapid succession because they are events directly resulting of each other, but some other scenes it would not work. it would seem unrealistic. and if you take a pretty real scenario (bullying at school. something i, thanks to some brilliant class mates i still would murder if i saw them, would see myself quite experienced in) you have to stay close to home you can´t have just an unrealistic rush of insults and humiliations without any kind of other social interaction and no recovery time for the victim. that would just not be true. it never happens just consecutively. There are breaks (and they are the worst speaking from experience. you get paranoid. what the heck are these guys up to again? if you get hit in the face, you know what´s happening you know how to react but what do you do if nothings happening? certainly not relax), and there aren´t only bad people. Or people that only are jerks to you due to peer pressure who totally are okay if they are not in the group (same can be said for some "leader" types. we had one guy in my old class. talk to him one on one he was okay, in the group he was the biggest asshole) So there is a lot of "deadspace" in the first half at least that i somehow have to fill sorry for textwall and kinda loosing focus^^
You are criminally undersubscribed. I really enjoy these videos about being a productive artist/creator.
Thank you! Please share.
i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid forgot the account password. I would love any assistance you can give me.
@Malcolm Lucas Instablaster =)
@Elisha Edison thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Elisha Edison It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much, you saved my ass!
Also wanted to add, I appreciate the fact that you said you need to consume other things. So many people only want to create in an utter vacuum which never resonated with me.
Great video! Really enjoyed the "farmer mindset." Helped me think of getting things done even when I don't feel like it. I've been telling myself "you can't force creative work and it just has to get done when you feel like it." This is just a BS excuse and thinking of the farmer helped me realize that. So thanks!
I've watched like 60% of your videos but this one was very, very motivating. The mindset of "fighting battles to succeed" and the analogy of "fruits of labor are rotten" in particular really struck a chord in me. Thanks for being awesome and please keep uploading gems like this.
As a teacher I give out a free practice journal so people can tie down the process. This is very insightful, especially the part about well being.
That's a really good idea.
Thank you, Mr. Stewart. As an illustrator/designer, I have no problem with coming up with page after page of concepts and being creative, but organization and practical issues are elusive to me. To creative types, a lot of your valuable advice just doesn't occur to some of us.
Your content on output is REALLY on point.
I have tested software professionally for 20 years. I have a boss that is running me through this process and I find it is the key to massively improving my performance in this area as well. He didn't put it into a step by step formula like you did, but it's basically the same thing.
Yeah, I think it can apply to anything. It's all about the process.
your the best dude
Thanks!
Very good advice for anyone really. Use these keys in regards to my own productivity.
This is amazing. Thank you i am so glad i found your channel. Farmer mindset is a life saver here.
Totally agree! I don't consider myself an artist but I really appreciate your views and analysis videos. The point you made about focusing on the art you do right now also applies to your life in general, in my opinion. You should always focus on the moment and not on the future..
As other people said, you deserve so many more subscribers!
Excellent tips. I'll definitely try to put these to practice. I recently discovered your page and I'm enjoying every video I watch of yours.
Thank you very much for your time and wisdom. I will use these. Positive vibes.
You deserve 1 mil subs
Wow, so much good stuff to think about
Yes!!!! Gotta CREATE. Thanks for the video. :)
This was a great, practical video! Thank you. New sub. :)
Great advice! Thanks!!
This was exactly the advise I needed.
Awesome video. Helpful as always, I am really enjoying these.
I've recently discovered that i get incredibly guilty taking breaks, not doing so and that has been unhelpful to my process.
I'm also a terrible perfectionist but the worst part is I don't realise I'm doing it.
Really enjoyed this, any more about day-to-day creative stuff is always welcome!
Thanks so much for watching! It's fine to take breaks, as long as your priorities are in-line. Too often "taking a break" equals goofing off for a whole weekend (which can be fine too, if you need a vacation for your mental health). Sometimes my focus is totally shot from hard work and I can only work in 10 minute stints, then watch a video or something for a minute to regain my mental balance.
Very helpful video for creatives. But I think you forget one very important aspect. And that is keeping the fun of creating alive. I'm not knocking the virtue of hard work and discipline in creative work, but if it becomes too much of a grind it is going to wear you out. If you create with fun, that joy is going to translate into the final product, and more people are going to like it.
If I want to read something that was a total grind to do I am going to read a law report. Do I want to read a law report? Hell no. And so shouldn't you. Don't make your art too heavy, people.
I'd rather say "passion" than fun. If you are doing what you truly want, the passion isn't that hard to find, but many people assume that if they aren't having fun in a particular moment that they are doing something wrong and should quit. No! Even really fun things can be hard work that you don't want to do in a given moment.
fair enough
man, no kidding Joey !! SO glad you're really ALIVE and not under someone's spell...FUN to me is Primary..id i'm not enjoying what i'm doing, then basically i'm putting on an act and not really FEELING it - I'll have none of THAT !!
@@DVSPress Very well spoken, I feel your diverse skillsets over the various arts ( music, literature, etc.) puts you in a particularly good position to make insights like this, and communicate them effectively, and artistically. Thanks for the video but, I disagree fun is creativity and learning, just like a kid learning to ride a bike, it's not all fun and games but the fundamental concept in learning to ride the bike is the joy of riding it after all. The creative process is hard to pin down, but playing around with crayons when we were kids, all we needed at first was the blank paper and the time to have fun creating shapes, forms and colors that eventually transition into more meaningful symbolic expressions. Kids also write about things in a similar way, first stringing together letters, then making them into words, eventually making them meaningful to convey out thoughts. The joy in expression and communication, is won through grinding. Great video
Thank you for this, I realllly need to get more work done haha
The pie in the sky, maybe someday mindset is a killer.
Can you do an analysis of Passion of the Christ?
Perfectionism is my main problem because I want to keep refining scenes rather than finishing them at a quality below my own average.
To prevent that I have to frequently ask myself "is this change *really* neccessary? Do I *know* that it makes the scene better?" If the answer is "I'm not completely sure" then it can wait because ideas that aren't greatly above my own average come to me all the time anyway so I can always do these minor changes in a later draft if by then I think it reads better.
However, if it's a crucial story element that I have in mind then I write it down as a note. I don't write notes for minor not-story-related changes. I don't want to have the spark of a good idea be overridden because I'm busy writing an irrelevant change. I only have one brain.
That's why in writing I think it's important to think in phases. Your "writing" phase shouldn't consist of self-doubt and stalling. It should consist of putting on paper what you have planned. Leave the crippling self-doubt for the editing phase :)
I've kicked a story I wrote for Nanowrimo down the road for almost 7 years because I wasn't sure how to characterize it in a genre. Key 7 really bashes me over the head sometimes.
Avoiding perfectionism. Oh man, preach that brother. cause that´s not just a double bad thing it´s tripple. it will never be good enough for yourself .there is always tzhat one little phrase, that could be better, that one spelling mistake that you find. And that will ruin everything for you. you´ll just think "wth is this shit?" and that is just frustrating and will destroy your product because, even with the right mindset, you won´t continue if it´s nothing but frustrating. pretty much why i canned my first writing attempt
first two chapters were great. not great but they were good. they did get somebody hooked (i wrote online so everyone could read it) somebody very dear to me actually nowadays. but after the third chapter where i started experimenting a little things went south (experimenting is not bad. if it works you have another tool in your toolset. if it doesn´t you can fix it later) because i totally did not like these chapters. the third one was not even that bad at all. if i think about it: the problem was not what i did, but how i did it. i did hard cuts between POVs something i learned to avoid. i still switch points of vies but i think i learned how to do it by doing it horribly wrong one time.
but i didn´t see that i learned something: i saw the product was crap. the next chapter i did something bad again. i have no idea what it was anymore (the third chapter i only remember because somebody literally compared it to "Tauben im Grass" (doves in the grass) a classic piece of german post war literature i hated due to being to confusing with all these messy jumps between perspectives that made me loose focus of the story. Köppen the Author made the same mistake as me. or he did it on purpose but for me that style does not work. neither as a writer nor as a reader. So for me to use it is a mistake. case and point and if i just had seen figuring that out as something positive. i would not have been nearly as frustrated) but it frustrated me. it really rubbed me the wrong way.
by the sixth chapter my motivation was down and it pretty much just was Duty to my two readers it had a visible impact on the quality and given i´m a perfectionist, that just delayed everything and in the end it was worse than the first thing i had on paper, and i just put it up. and in the sixth chapter i never finished it. dunno if it still existed. And i remember (that was my very first attempt to write something entirely on my own) that it had been something i had been quite passionate about. and i think i can now do it ,but only if i get rid of perfectionism. and my bad habit of using song lyrics. No matter how fitting they are. (like plan was the beginning of every chapter or every day of the story would start with a single line of Avril Lavigne´s "nobody home" because it just hit home and described Lisas mental state and her social situation quite nicely and it was her alarm tone. and you really don´t need more than a single line from the alarm if you need it at all) . but probably i should get to it again. just get it going again. ofc i´ll have to somehow get the first two chapters out of my head first, i don´t want to use them if i restart it, i want to do them fresh as well, but with that in mind. maybe i can turn that into something worth reading. pin down the game plan for the book on a document (that´s probably better than just having it in my head. because i have the story in my head fully planned out for years. only thing i need help is "filler" between the big scenes.
because many of them are quite heavy and it would not work to put them right next to each other. some need to go in rapid succession because they are events directly resulting of each other, but some other scenes it would not work. it would seem unrealistic. and if you take a pretty real scenario (bullying at school. something i, thanks to some brilliant class mates i still would murder if i saw them, would see myself quite experienced in) you have to stay close to home you can´t have just an unrealistic rush of insults and humiliations without any kind of other social interaction and no recovery time for the victim. that would just not be true. it never happens just consecutively. There are breaks (and they are the worst speaking from experience. you get paranoid. what the heck are these guys up to again? if you get hit in the face, you know what´s happening you know how to react but what do you do if nothings happening? certainly not relax), and there aren´t only bad people. Or people that only are jerks to you due to peer pressure who totally are okay if they are not in the group (same can be said for some "leader" types. we had one guy in my old class. talk to him one on one he was okay, in the group he was the biggest asshole) So there is a lot of "deadspace" in the first half at least that i somehow have to fill
sorry for textwall and kinda loosing focus^^
I ain't reading all this shit
The house inspector sounded like Darth Vader 😅
Is that a lute I see behind you
+Oisin O Toole Baroque Lute. It actually has a featured piece on my upcoming album.
David Stewart excited, I love that kind of music
I need to be more organized