I'm an engineer. The amount of younger engineers, especially students, who do not understand that perfection IS impossible is wild to me. There's massive need for the 70% good enough that is passable and business/economy serviceable with obvious problems, sure, but it allows for it to exist at all. If you've ever worked on a car and wondered: "jeez, the placement of that bolt really sucks, who designed this?" it was an engineer that was focused on several other factors contributing to the design that were almost all more important than maintenance by non-official mechanics and such.
I was making a beat while watching this and was going to stop because I felt like I'm shit at sampling. Literally started making something I liked right after. Incredible.
I wish the people who do not understand ironic comments and wish other people misery a very nice day and a lot of growth through out there live. May they get into a welcoming community
Perfectionism has been plaguing my life for the past month. Yesterday, I had the revelation that I was pedestalising myself. Too many "shoulds", and "It needs to be like this" and thinking from every member of my audience's hypothetical perspective. Dialling myself back to being "I'm just a random guy on the internet" really helped to reel me back in. Things don't have to be perfect. They just need to be expressive. That, alone, is enough.
"Why did you spend 100 hours making this perfect?" Alternative answer: I don't spend 100 hours working on a song (that's almost exactly what it is per-song for me so I feel called out here) because I want to be perceived as perfect. It honestly makes me uncomfortable when folks compliment my mixing 😅. More time spent on something can allow for MORE interesting failures if that time isn't spent trying to "perfect" something but rather "craft" it into something imperfect and intentional. There are different kinds of art and ways of crafting it and that's okay! I do generally agree with the sentiment though. Lately I've been finding ways to cut down on the time it takes to take a song from "written" to "finished" and it's improved the outcomes tremendously. Some of that lighting-in-a-bottle energy is coming back and I'm getting through songs faster! I just wanted to provide a counterpoint because while it's true that focusing exclusively on "quality over quantity" holds a lot of folks back, some artists also get so invested in *making content* that they don't actually constantly improve and change their process. I hate to say it, but there might be some centrism to be had (on this issue and only this issue lol).
All of my favorite art has an intangible thing that makes it special. As long as that thing shows up when you’re finished with it, a lot of the imperfections will be overlooked or even can add to the experience
I've been writing as a hobby for ten years, and I've been writing everyday for two, and I only finished a project last year and it taught me so much. Nothing I had written before was wasted, per say, I've learned a lot from those experiences, but growth was far slower. Then I had something that I got to the point where I said it was done, and it was like I was finally sucking the marrow out of experience. I really can't recommend finishing things enough.
I think this is exactly why I always love the green screen "gimmicks" from these videos. Its an added imperfection that gives it a human charm, even if deliberately done.
Fuck. Literally just laid down and opened UA-cam because I was working on something and came to the realization it wouldn't be what I see in my head. Then I see this...thank you.
you're unironically one of my greatest inspirations. I'm making lots of music rn and mixing a lot this has been weighing on my mind like MORE THAN IT SHOULD'VE
I make a lot of music and do the mixing myself. It may not be perfect, but it's me. That alone adds more value than you think. I've struggled with perfectionism a lot but even if it's not perfect, if you are proud of it, that's enough. A little perfectionism is great, it helps develop your skills and allows you to be self-critical when you want to be. Perfection can manifest in many ways, certainly not always in the way society makes it look (the perfect mix, the perfect sound of instruments, the perfect songwriting or singing style or this or that). Make something that's perfect in its own way. That's what it means to be original.
I was about to go to bed, but I just turned my computer back on and I'm gonna make sure all my album tracks are the same volume then commit to an artist name and get a start on the album art.
Just like how I love lo-fi music because it feels more raw and intimate. In a way, it could still be considered perfection to record an emotional song from your bedroom with an old tape deck and a shitty mic because it conveys more emotion and intention than doing it from a professional studio with very glossy sound mastering and involvement from a full team of professionals. The means through which you achieve something are also a part of the piece.
The rapper he describes reminds me of Gerbert Johnson, specifically on the channel Gerbert's Void. Unfortunately, he doesn't perfectly fit Greg's description, but Gerby likes to freestyle before his rants and they're so delightful.
I was actually way more prolific with just finishing and releasing music in high school. I felt pretty great about the stuff I was making because I hadn't fully developed my sense for what makes art good yet, and now I look back and can't stand a good chunk of it. I'm so glad I went through that, I wouldn't have gotten all that practice in in those super formative years if I hadn't been bold/so totally lacking in self-awareness. I honestly wish I'd even picked up the release rate during quarantine, but there was more pressing mental health stuff to attend to in those years (not that I couldn't have, I just didn't). It seems like, after having gone through the weeds of suffocating self-criticism for the last few years, I'm sorta emerging out the other end to a more grounded motivation to create and release art. It's not because I think I'm the hottest shit in the entire universe (anymore), but I no longer hold myself to a standard of perfection (or really, the more complete picture of 'greatness' I now have) that I once perceived as being the only avenue to experiencing the level of self-confidence I once had. The years I spent learning to create what I love/what reflects amoment in my existence as true to experience as I can possibly manage have given me one of (if not) the greatest blessings I've known. It's gonna be alright, I think. A life spent focusing on fostering a healthy community and creating art is an attainable dream.
I just wanted to say thank you so so much for this video. I had a formal project to work on where I needed to write a full album in 8 months. I worked tirelessly on it alongside all the rest of my work, spending in total 750 hours to make a behemoth conceptual 2 hour thing with all sorts of genres and instruments. I can play keyboard but not all of the instruments and do not have contact with anybody else who can play the instruments I was looking for, so I used MIDI instruments for some of the parts. In the end I ran out of time for the deadline, and even though it was not fully developed I was super proud of it. All this time however I never thought of it as finished. For a whole year I planned out all the live parts I needed and instrumentalists I would have to pay as I felt it had to be perfect and totally done when I put it out, full of realistic instrumental performances. Watching this video made me realize you know what screw the live parts. I'm making this album my own, maintaining that aspect of me doing everything from start to finish. This summer I'm fleshing out some of the ideas that didn't get done and then putting it out. Screw the MIDI instruments, so what if they don't sound perfectly real. I made their sound a welcome part of the album. A reflection of this stage of my musical journey - the part where I did everything myself. It shows, and I'm proud.
a lot of perfectionists aren't really even chasing perfection: they're trying to bridge the gap between their tastes and their abilities. it's just a coincidence that the stuff they admire has no flaws because it's all totally intentional
@@Gm-ce5kg *Maybe* if you're making something with broad appeal, a life's work *might* give back for centuries (e.g. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy), but I take it that the vast majority of us watching are making something at least somewhat niche. The reward for making the perfect Death Note fanfiction is definitely not infinite. The reward for making the perfect documentary about Zambian decolonization is definitely not infinite.
ive been struggling with my music project even after spending about 50 hours on it. before watching this i felt i had made no progress, but im genuinely seeing it in a different light now. i want to try even harder and be less harsh on myself going forward, thank u greg
I love this. I needed to hear this today because I have major writers' block on the rap battles I'm writing. They don't need to be perfect. The limitations are part of the art. Thanks Greg!
I study audio engineering, and our mixing teacher sometimes says that a mix is so balanced that it becomes boring, so he makes the student change something so it can have its own particular sound.
This is honestly really motivational to not focus on the details and just get things done/finished even if they're not perfect or even close to it. I'm not making art, but I feel a lot of our videos are super relevant none-the-less.
I keep forgetting that you dont have like 500k subs and get surprised by the quality even though Ive been watching your content for a while now. Keep up the good work. Always pushes me forward ❤
I really needed to hear this right now. It wasn't even something you said. That was good, But it was something you did. I won't even explain it it was so small. But it was something I was obsessing about in my delivery you did that made me realize oh wait that's normal. People just do that. The thing is that the flaws look so big in your head sometimes and you have to remember that most people wont even notice. People will complement you on things you cant even look at anymore.
The need for certainty stops everyone in their tracks no matter what it is they are trying to do. Following your values day to day means you have to get comfortable with it not feeling super great most of the time. Great vid as always man
reminds me of a friend i have that really likes rap, and he sometimes makes joke rap songs about our friend group with royalty free instrumentals and the raps are also really inappropriate 😭😭 and i love them
I forget the exact wording, but my favorite band has a sort of motto that music (and all art by extension) is social relation. Basically the point of creating art is to connect with others
I feel as though perfectionist music and imperfect music are enjoyable in their own ways. The biggest problem with perfectionism is the time consumption, not so much the quality of the art. Trent reznor i'd say is perfectionistic artist and his songs were incredibly intimate and enjoyable. There is enjoyment in hearing organic imperfect music and enjoyment in hearing peoples perfectionistic masterpieces
Cant' wait for the album, I love your music! Your songs speak very deeply to me, they make me feel good and bad at the same time, I don't get this feeling from music made by other artists.
Reminds me of Portsmouth Sinfonia. It's a bunch of non-musicians and musicians who are playing the wrong instrument. And they play super well-known pieces of classical music just to give you a prayer of recognizing what they're playing.
Jreg I would really like to have a conversation with you or to sit in with some of the groups you spend time with. I don't have many people I know that think like this. I think we could both get something out of talking to each other. Your ideas about art and and the examples about your two different friends are profound. I appreciate your mind and have for like 6 years.
Instructions unclear, spent three years mixing hi hats in my song, I blame you. IF ONLY THIS VIDEO WAS MORE PERFECT LIKE MY HI HATS WILL BE IN ANOTHER THREE YEARS!
Matt Johnson is my hero that’s fucken awesome!! Dropped the goal of making perfect art immediately. Now all I have to do is craft myself into the perfect vessel for art to move through and then my imperfect masterpiece will make itself. Easy. Fuck.
Thanks for these video, I'm creating stuff with your art map and it's making me stressed as fuck but I'm enjoying life more now. Great video by the way :) I will come back to this one when I'm releasing stuff.
I spent years working on an album before finally giving up on making it perfect and releasing it. Now when I look back on it I fucking hate it, it sucks, I actively tell people not to listen to it.
Jokes aside and in all seriousness, while this wasn't a perfect video, it has a perfect message to it. I have a project I've been kinda stewing on since this past August and, while I've been doing some work on it here and there, I've been too scared to really dive into it head first. The funnest parts I've had of it were hashing it out when the idea for it was first germinating-when it was at its most imperfect! Hell, I was mostly messing around with a different art style from what I normally do! This message, your words, will definitely stick with me, for far better than worse. Thansk, Greg 👍
perfection in art is reached by achieving the piece's goal, which cannot be perfection itself as perfection is a quality of an entity and an aspect of a piece cannot be its telos , precisely so if it is not a technical quality but a metaphysical one, and even then , if the telos was a technical quality of a piece , the piece would be a technical one not an artistic one like a picture can be either an artpiece or a graphic design piece
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unsettling schizophrenic youtuber to self-help guru pipeline
it's more likely than you'd think
Reverse Jordan Peterson 💀
@@bruhman118 lol you’re so right. Ifw them both though
@@Nosteponsneksss u fw peterson? did your mother do cocaine while pregnant
@@bruhman118 Jordan Peterson is truly just reverse jreg, gerj
a good new angle to the "just finish something" message
Kinda revolutionary tbh
new???????????????????????????????????????????????
@@Gm-ce5kgold???????????????????????????????
jreg not wanting to associate himself with a rapper because he's too vulgar is crazy
Bro gotta be just listing every possible slur for every single microethnic category as part of a series of Acrostic Poetry lyrics
he's talking abt yuno miles
@@MegaWillbot i hope not
@@MegaWillbot is this based on the commenter who said it sounds like it's yuno miles but isn't actually him (given yuno has 8660x more than 100 subs)
right like what hell is he saying that a guy who walked around with a hitI3r mustache for a year doesn't want to be associated with 💀
I cant tell if me not being able to hear anything is an elaborate troll or my headphones are broken.
yes
I agree
I'm SURE of it
no doubt
uh huh
My girlfriend asked me if flow state during painting helps me avoid mistakes and my response was no it helps me work around the mistakes.
shes not real girl, snap out of it, keep arting tho
you making happy accidents?
@@LuNa_097 what drives u to say something like that?
I am genuinely curious.
@@qu765 the memes, Batman, the memes
@qu765 I think you forget that this is jregular's channel you're commenting on
I'm an engineer. The amount of younger engineers, especially students, who do not understand that perfection IS impossible is wild to me. There's massive need for the 70% good enough that is passable and business/economy serviceable with obvious problems, sure, but it allows for it to exist at all.
If you've ever worked on a car and wondered: "jeez, the placement of that bolt really sucks, who designed this?" it was an engineer that was focused on several other factors contributing to the design that were almost all more important than maintenance by non-official mechanics and such.
I was making a beat while watching this and was going to stop because I felt like I'm shit at sampling. Literally started making something I liked right after. Incredible.
I wish the people who are saying "y minutes and only x likes, lmao bro fell off" nothing but misery
I wish the people who do not understand ironic comments and wish other people misery a very nice day and a lot of growth through out there live. May they get into a welcoming community
y minutes and only x likes, lmao bro fell off
18 likes in 4 hours, lmao bro fell off
People who say that shi’ are already miserable
@@elietheprof5678 true
we gotta track down the 17 y o
it really sounds like I would listen to that guy
also great choice of words
not my finest work
Ay yooo phrasing
It probably won't take more than a week with how insane everyone here is
@@jackieAZ Archer fan in the chat right here
Perfectionism has been plaguing my life for the past month. Yesterday, I had the revelation that I was pedestalising myself. Too many "shoulds", and "It needs to be like this" and thinking from every member of my audience's hypothetical perspective. Dialling myself back to being "I'm just a random guy on the internet" really helped to reel me back in.
Things don't have to be perfect. They just need to be expressive. That, alone, is enough.
"The world doesn't need perfect art, it needs finished art." - Jake Parker
So grateful for these videos. Thanks for making em.
"Why did you spend 100 hours making this perfect?"
Alternative answer: I don't spend 100 hours working on a song (that's almost exactly what it is per-song for me so I feel called out here) because I want to be perceived as perfect. It honestly makes me uncomfortable when folks compliment my mixing 😅. More time spent on something can allow for MORE interesting failures if that time isn't spent trying to "perfect" something but rather "craft" it into something imperfect and intentional. There are different kinds of art and ways of crafting it and that's okay!
I do generally agree with the sentiment though. Lately I've been finding ways to cut down on the time it takes to take a song from "written" to "finished" and it's improved the outcomes tremendously. Some of that lighting-in-a-bottle energy is coming back and I'm getting through songs faster! I just wanted to provide a counterpoint because while it's true that focusing exclusively on "quality over quantity" holds a lot of folks back, some artists also get so invested in *making content* that they don't actually constantly improve and change their process. I hate to say it, but there might be some centrism to be had (on this issue and only this issue lol).
art is communication, and to communicate is to pursue the unachievable goal of making yourself understood
communication is a quality of art
seeing this with no thumbnail no likes and no views really enhances the message aahah
All of my favorite art has an intangible thing that makes it special. As long as that thing shows up when you’re finished with it, a lot of the imperfections will be overlooked or even can add to the experience
I've been writing as a hobby for ten years, and I've been writing everyday for two, and I only finished a project last year and it taught me so much. Nothing I had written before was wasted, per say, I've learned a lot from those experiences, but growth was far slower. Then I had something that I got to the point where I said it was done, and it was like I was finally sucking the marrow out of experience. I really can't recommend finishing things enough.
I think this is exactly why I always love the green screen "gimmicks" from these videos. Its an added imperfection that gives it a human charm, even if deliberately done.
Fuck. Literally just laid down and opened UA-cam because I was working on something and came to the realization it wouldn't be what I see in my head. Then I see this...thank you.
Yes Greg they said in unison
Greg is looking really strong lately good for him
rough surfaces give things texture
that is so beautiful 😭 wish you nothing but happiness and fulfilment
Sat at the Rivoli for a nice piece of food yesterday and Matt Johnson was there!!!! Crazy!!! He made it!!!
you're unironically one of my greatest inspirations.
I'm making lots of music rn and mixing a lot
this has been weighing on my mind like MORE THAN IT SHOULD'VE
I make a lot of music and do the mixing myself. It may not be perfect, but it's me. That alone adds more value than you think. I've struggled with perfectionism a lot but even if it's not perfect, if you are proud of it, that's enough. A little perfectionism is great, it helps develop your skills and allows you to be self-critical when you want to be. Perfection can manifest in many ways, certainly not always in the way society makes it look (the perfect mix, the perfect sound of instruments, the perfect songwriting or singing style or this or that). Make something that's perfect in its own way. That's what it means to be original.
Yuno miles is a total legend, I was preaching his qualities just the other day :) best rapper of all time right now.
he is goated but jeg is talking abt someone else i think
I was about to go to bed, but I just turned my computer back on and I'm gonna make sure all my album tracks are the same volume then commit to an artist name and get a start on the album art.
Dude this channel is brilliant. I’m grateful for you and it
He really made this perfect by preciously workin on making imperfecrions in every little thing. Script, sound, text, visuals, preview and frame
Just like how I love lo-fi music because it feels more raw and intimate. In a way, it could still be considered perfection to record an emotional song from your bedroom with an old tape deck and a shitty mic because it conveys more emotion and intention than doing it from a professional studio with very glossy sound mastering and involvement from a full team of professionals. The means through which you achieve something are also a part of the piece.
You ain’t in the game till you made a thousand songs - lil b
This man brings me nothing but joy everytime i see his face
The rapper he describes reminds me of Gerbert Johnson, specifically on the channel Gerbert's Void.
Unfortunately, he doesn't perfectly fit Greg's description, but Gerby likes to freestyle before his rants and they're so delightful.
This one made me realize a lot of ways that my ego distorts my thought process. Thank you
I was actually way more prolific with just finishing and releasing music in high school. I felt pretty great about the stuff I was making because I hadn't fully developed my sense for what makes art good yet, and now I look back and can't stand a good chunk of it. I'm so glad I went through that, I wouldn't have gotten all that practice in in those super formative years if I hadn't been bold/so totally lacking in self-awareness. I honestly wish I'd even picked up the release rate during quarantine, but there was more pressing mental health stuff to attend to in those years (not that I couldn't have, I just didn't).
It seems like, after having gone through the weeds of suffocating self-criticism for the last few years, I'm sorta emerging out the other end to a more grounded motivation to create and release art. It's not because I think I'm the hottest shit in the entire universe (anymore), but I no longer hold myself to a standard of perfection (or really, the more complete picture of 'greatness' I now have) that I once perceived as being the only avenue to experiencing the level of self-confidence I once had. The years I spent learning to create what I love/what reflects amoment in my existence as true to experience as I can possibly manage have given me one of (if not) the greatest blessings I've known. It's gonna be alright, I think. A life spent focusing on fostering a healthy community and creating art is an attainable dream.
mfers after hanging out with cj the x
said about the 4 track tape machine:
- "that's a limited number of tracks"
- "yeah but the limitations are endless"
wween
@@bigman-kt3hi i'd forgotten who said that but ween makes a lot of sense. the pod is so good
@@vinylspiders i think it was actually brian eno but ween said something similar when they were on jane pratt show in 93
Damn, this is my new favourite channel
imo, the imperfections of the art is what makes art perfect
Thanks for these videos. Your perspective is validating.
I just wanted to say thank you so so much for this video. I had a formal project to work on where I needed to write a full album in 8 months. I worked tirelessly on it alongside all the rest of my work, spending in total 750 hours to make a behemoth conceptual 2 hour thing with all sorts of genres and instruments. I can play keyboard but not all of the instruments and do not have contact with anybody else who can play the instruments I was looking for, so I used MIDI instruments for some of the parts. In the end I ran out of time for the deadline, and even though it was not fully developed I was super proud of it. All this time however I never thought of it as finished. For a whole year I planned out all the live parts I needed and instrumentalists I would have to pay as I felt it had to be perfect and totally done when I put it out, full of realistic instrumental performances. Watching this video made me realize you know what screw the live parts. I'm making this album my own, maintaining that aspect of me doing everything from start to finish. This summer I'm fleshing out some of the ideas that didn't get done and then putting it out. Screw the MIDI instruments, so what if they don't sound perfectly real. I made their sound a welcome part of the album. A reflection of this stage of my musical journey - the part where I did everything myself. It shows, and I'm proud.
it sticks with me so much i feel sticky now
a lot of perfectionists aren't really even chasing perfection: they're trying to bridge the gap between their tastes and their abilities. it's just a coincidence that the stuff they admire has no flaws because it's all totally intentional
The cost of perfection is infinite.
so is its reward
@@Gm-ce5kg *Maybe* if you're making something with broad appeal, a life's work *might* give back for centuries (e.g. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy), but I take it that the vast majority of us watching are making something at least somewhat niche. The reward for making the perfect Death Note fanfiction is definitely not infinite. The reward for making the perfect documentary about Zambian decolonization is definitely not infinite.
I extrapolated what you said and was really useful, Life IS art
you always talk about what I struggle with the most
ive been struggling with my music project even after spending about 50 hours on it. before watching this i felt i had made no progress, but im genuinely seeing it in a different light now. i want to try even harder and be less harsh on myself going forward, thank u greg
sameeee! send me once you're done, I would love to hear :)
I am going to go ahead an query my unperfect novel after watching this. Thank you!
I need this push, keep pushing me Jreg!!
I love seeing shitty art on my feeds!! i love seeing young artists just trying their best!!!!!!
This music taste just describes all the underground shit I listen to on SoundCloud lmao
This video is inspiring to say the least. I shared it with all the artists and musicians I know.
I love this. I needed to hear this today because I have major writers' block on the rap battles I'm writing.
They don't need to be perfect. The limitations are part of the art. Thanks Greg!
Love you, man. Holy hell ❤️
Different problem: people get blasted on social media for making bad art now all the time.
I study audio engineering, and our mixing teacher sometimes says that a mix is so balanced that it becomes boring, so he makes the student change something so it can have its own particular sound.
It’s giving The Dialectics of Rick and Morty.
Greg’s got it
This is honestly really motivational to not focus on the details and just get things done/finished even if they're not perfect or even close to it. I'm not making art, but I feel a lot of our videos are super relevant none-the-less.
I can finally watch your videos now I have worked on some art today and won't feel guilty!
im not looking for perfection just connection. Whew. 🎉🎉🎉
I keep forgetting that you dont have like 500k subs and get surprised by the quality even though Ive been watching your content for a while now. Keep up the good work. Always pushes me forward ❤
I really needed to hear this right now. It wasn't even something you said. That was good, But it was something you did. I won't even explain it it was so small. But it was something I was obsessing about in my delivery you did that made me realize oh wait that's normal. People just do that. The thing is that the flaws look so big in your head sometimes and you have to remember that most people wont even notice. People will complement you on things you cant even look at anymore.
Maybe I'll post my shitty ass sculptures. Thank you Mr. Greg Guevara.
I want to see them
The need for certainty stops everyone in their tracks no matter what it is they are trying to do. Following your values day to day means you have to get comfortable with it not feeling super great most of the time. Great vid as always man
reminds me of a friend i have that really likes rap, and he sometimes makes joke rap songs about our friend group with royalty free instrumentals and the raps are also really inappropriate 😭😭 and i love them
I’ve never thought about it like this, you just ripped some constraints off of me. Thanks.
Thank you
One mans flaws is anothers perfection.
I forget the exact wording, but my favorite band has a sort of motto that music (and all art by extension) is social relation. Basically the point of creating art is to connect with others
I really love listening to songs with imperfections. They all mix in and make it beyond perfect.
This is a much needed message in the age of AI I know so many people who feel discouraged in their artistic pursuits. Thanks professor Guevara
The dialectics of CJ and JReg
excited for ur album, i first discovered ur art thru spotify
My approach to art is that you should do it right the first time every time and as a result all of my art is ahead of it's time.
Good as quote
I feel as though perfectionist music and imperfect music are enjoyable in their own ways. The biggest problem with perfectionism is the time consumption, not so much the quality of the art. Trent reznor i'd say is perfectionistic artist and his songs were incredibly intimate and enjoyable. There is enjoyment in hearing organic imperfect music and enjoyment in hearing peoples perfectionistic masterpieces
Cant' wait for the album, I love your music! Your songs speak very deeply to me, they make me feel good and bad at the same time, I don't get this feeling from music made by other artists.
Reminds me of Portsmouth Sinfonia. It's a bunch of non-musicians and musicians who are playing the wrong instrument. And they play super well-known pieces of classical music just to give you a prayer of recognizing what they're playing.
Jreg I would really like to have a conversation with you or to sit in with some of the groups you spend time with. I don't have many people I know that think like this. I think we could both get something out of talking to each other. Your ideas about art and and the examples about your two different friends are profound. I appreciate your mind and have for like 6 years.
Ok chat who is this rapper?
idk billie eilish
Instructions unclear, spent three years mixing hi hats in my song, I blame you. IF ONLY THIS VIDEO WAS MORE PERFECT LIKE MY HI HATS WILL BE IN ANOTHER THREE YEARS!
it was a perfect video all along
thank you, this video said some things i needed to hear, thank you
I don't create things greg i just consume
Everyday I post art, I'm reminded of how mediocre I will always be.
this actually makes so much sense
Matt Johnson is my hero that’s fucken awesome!! Dropped the goal of making perfect art immediately. Now all I have to do is craft myself into the perfect vessel for art to move through and then my imperfect masterpiece will make itself. Easy.
Fuck.
I needed this
Thanks for these video, I'm creating stuff with your art map and it's making me stressed as fuck but I'm enjoying life more now. Great video by the way :) I will come back to this one when I'm releasing stuff.
thanks for the video, this helped me cringe less at some of my previous work.
I also enjoy listening the Viper the Rapper. To bad he's in his 50s and got arrest for kidnapping this year though.
I spent years working on an album before finally giving up on making it perfect and releasing it. Now when I look back on it I fucking hate it, it sucks, I actively tell people not to listen to it.
move on and make one you like!
Thanks Greg you've given me a justification for reading trash with 100 views on royalroad
1:27 Dude, it's ok to admit you like Death Grips 😂
Jokes aside and in all seriousness, while this wasn't a perfect video, it has a perfect message to it. I have a project I've been kinda stewing on since this past August and, while I've been doing some work on it here and there, I've been too scared to really dive into it head first. The funnest parts I've had of it were hashing it out when the idea for it was first germinating-when it was at its most imperfect! Hell, I was mostly messing around with a different art style from what I normally do! This message, your words, will definitely stick with me, for far better than worse. Thansk, Greg 👍
jreg im going to canada soon ima visit u
he's talking about yuno miles
perfection in art is reached by achieving the piece's goal, which cannot be perfection itself as perfection is a quality of an entity and an aspect of a piece cannot be its telos , precisely so if it is not a technical quality but a metaphysical one, and even then , if the telos was a technical quality of a piece , the piece would be a technical one not an artistic one like a picture can be either an artpiece or a graphic design piece
the fact that ik exactly the rapper youre talking about....
WHO
WHO
not telling, greg dosent want yall to know
you aren’t jreg you can tell us
what flag is that in your profile picture
I think he is talking about RXK Nephew
good talk
wow, so you're saying the real meaning of art is that at one point people will start arguing who knew you first? that's so deep, very inspirational 🙌