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Hey could you do a video on procrastination, i have been procrastinating on a story for 2 years now and as im sure you know, this is a trap that sucks the life and drive out of you
Once upon a time, I was told by someone versed in real life occult stuff that everyone has a "True Song", that comes from their true self, one that when sung, will fill the validation and self thats missing, and will unite yourself to full power, but requires one to understand their true self, and to sing so without assumption or bias, and it is very hard to maintain. To others it may sound discordant, cacophanous, or ugly, but to you it fufills you perfectly. The Belly Song reminded me of that.
Another amazing video, Foundry Crew! May I suggest the addition of subtitles in your videos? I feel they would enhance the experience, as well as make them more accessible and enjoyable to more people, no matter where they might be. (Although if I'm being totally honest, I just want an excuse to enjoy these videos at night without waking others.)
Does world anvil apply to even an animated story? My brother and I are currently working on our own little universe and I’m just curious if this site would be worth for a project like that?
There is a quote from House M.D that I really like. Wilson, House's best friend told him this. "Being miserable doesnt make you better than anyone else, house. It just makes you miserable." Happiness and success in your creative endeavours can be simultaneous. Don't sacrifice happiness for art. Find balance.
My favorite lines : Wilson : Dying is easy! Living is HARD! House : That cant be as poignant as it sounded! ....AND everybody looks around like they don't get the joke... ;o)
People talking about purpose often think so narrow minded; like you have only one thing that could make them whole that way, but I believe there's several things that would be each a verse in your stomach song.
Searching for purpose also makes you miserable, why force yourself to a single path? I was miserable for years because of this, because I felt like I had no purpose, but then I realized that there is nothing wrong about not having purpose, as long as you're happy with yourself, without the need of other people's approval
For ANY art. ANY art. We would rather you be alive and happy to present it to us. For the sake of your family, your friends, your fans. We would rather that book take longer, be shorter, be split into two books where there was only supposed to take one. Because you living long enough to be happy is more important than the art you toss into the ether. Always.
No I’m going to keep tricking talent into making art for me And paying them a small wage Then have them “pass away” when they finish the painting So then I can sell it for 2.5 million minimum on a terrible day
This makes me wonder why I want to write stories. What would my core be? My most important personality trait to me is my curiosity. I want to learn. I want to know stuff I can't understand. My greatest desire is to be understood. I feel like I can have perfectly articulated monologues when I'm talking to myself or when I'm stuck in my head, repeating made up conversations over and over again. It all fades away when infront of another. So my purpose is to tell stories. I want to explore worlds with characters who are like me. Who can hold those conversations. And maybe those who read it kight understand my mind a bit better
I'm pretty similar. My avatars in my work are very much a self insert (with some of my personality traits exaggerated a bit for more conflict and characterization) of a person who strives for understanding. They generally have esoteric conversations that none of the others around get, but do have their moments of shining brilliance.
I understand. I also wonder why am I writing, and who am I writing for. But for me, writing is about bringing things to life. When it comes to writing stories, what you want to write about is limitless. Languages, countries, planets, galaxies, and more can be created. It's incredible. You can write about anything you wish! That's the beauty of writing, that's the beauty of humanity. Humans can create something from nothing and make it beautiful, and outstanding. Through our imagination and creativity, we can transform something as ordinary as our lives into something extraordinary. Isn't that something you'd like to see become a reality? I would!
I’m the same way. From binge learning to extensive monologues, my brain constantly wants to take in information and tell others, and create from what information it has found
I once had a point when I was way, way too invested into the book I was writing, I mean it was good I know that, I always try to be as objective as possible, but it took away from everything else, socializing, school, everything evaporated. It felt, like a curse. But then I realized that fifty shades of grey exists and instatnly I felt a lot better about my writing and stopped putting nearly as much thought into it. I still know, it's good, just not as deep.
Ok but actually this. I easily get into a mindset like this which is why I never really stick with one thing and a big one was writing. It’s cool to see that you got through it and if your published drop that link lol I’d love to read it!
@@edorasmarauder5761 because fifty shades of grey sucks. And I realized that it exists and then I suddenly felt motivation hit me, like a jackhammer. If a book like it can exist, then mine can surely do too.
I love the pain creativity brings: The tragedy of characters, the torment of their inner monsters, black white and grey, Impossible scenarios and possibilities, the deepest depths of profound thoughts, experiencing another ones pain with your mind is one of the most satisfying things, far away from the blank slate of reality. In my opinion, purpose on the other hand will only help you forget, like the sun outshines all the stars, reaching your goal will only get you to the point where you stop moving.
As I percievee it purpose as presented in this video doent seem to line up with what you described. It's less of a goals and more of a direction, this kind of purpose can be exploring deep thoughts and tragedies, what this video says Is that theres no need for a concrete objetive to torture oneself for, rather a continuos journey directed to the things that aré meaningful to us. Really it seems to me that your opinion Is very similar to the one the video provides, it's just that you intérpreted purpose as a goals while the video Is very mucho against purpose as a goal
@@sebastiansandoval4861 you are right, yet I thought about the video they made about the shadow. Purpose as I percieve it is something like a puzzle piece, giving oneself the feeling of doing something useful and with direction, yet after years of thinking, just the experience of everything, without direction, judgement or intention seems very rewarding despite the fact that it isnt a "purpose" or plan. Simply the goal of having no goal gives me personally a good feeling as I can now observe everything without hindering myself to explore every option. Purpose on the other hand gives one the feeling of fulfillment, yet your experience is only one facette. Hope this doesnt sound too crazy Tldr: you dont need direction, as it limits your experience
That's fair too, I don't think we shouldn't limit ouselves in blind faith by abstract dubious concepts like purpose, but i also think people have different needs and some may have a greater need for concepts like purpose. Thanks for responding, being kind and thoughtful.
@@sebastiansandoval4861 thank you for having this conversation with me. Normally, you dont see that many people who talk about these things, so Im glad you were there to Listen to my point of view
For me, it's about bringing things to life let me explain in more detail. When it comes to writing stories, what you want to write about is limitless. Languages, countries, planets, galaxies, and more can be created. It's incredible. You can write about anything you wish! That's the beauty of writing, that's the beauty of humanity. Humans are able to create something from nothing and make it beautiful, and outstanding. Through our imagination and creativity, we can transform something as ordinary as our lives into something extraordinary. Isn't that something you'd like to see become a reality? I would!
In my experience, it is the easiest thing in the world to overthink the concept of "purpose." That said, allow me to do so anyway: If a person defines themself by their purpose, purpose here defined as "important goal to achieve with my life," then the inability to acheive this purpose will pose an existential threat to this individual. You have redefined purpose away from the connotation of "goal" and more towards "that activity which calls one to express it in the world." The comparison to draw would be between the "artist who would love to paint a masterpiece" and "the artist that lives to paint for the sake of painting." The difference, in summary, is actually between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation: are you being pulled along from outside or pushed forward from within? I herein draw a distinction between a "desire" as "a feeling of motivation towards actions that will bring about an imagined end goal" and "passion" as "a feeling of motivation towards actions in and of themselves." I will also draw a distinction between "necessary goodness" and "intrinsic goodness." Necessity goodness may be found in actions "which act to secure oneself and stave off harm (i.e: the bottom rows of Maslow's hierarchy) ." Intrinsic/sufficient goodness may be identified in actions "which in their actualization are themselves good (the top rows of Maslow's hierarchy)." You can identify whether an action is taken with necessity goodness or intrinsic goodness as it's motivation by considering the following example: Belle and Alan both donate to a charity whose work they both approve of and think would be for the betterment of society. Belle donates because she feels called to do so; Alan donates because he feels guilty about passing by without doing anything, even though he would rather save his money until his next paycheck comes in. You can see the difference: Alan donates because he wants to avoid feeling guilty; how does donating do this? Because it bolsters his internal self image as "a moral person," because Alan desires for himself and others to set him as a moral person. Belle donates without rationalizations: she just does. She doesn't care about seeming moral or not, she's not questioning herself, she feels called internally and moves on accordance with that song. Hopefully it is clear how the concepts I've presented intertwine: imagination/perception of some wanted goal inspires a desire, an extrinsic motivation, towards it. Any actions taken in response to this motivation are fulfilling the necessary good, they are in service of the end goal. In contrast: an internal upwelling of passion channels one directly into action which is thereby intrinsically motivated. This action is therefore fulfilling a sufficient good: it is not in service of any other thing than it's own actualisation as an action. Here's where I'd like to make a certain insight clear: actions characterized by necessary goodness can be construed in equally valid ways as "movements towards" and "movements away from." A wish, a desire, can be equivalently expressed as a fear, an aversion: "I want to be famous, beloved by all" can be seen as equivalent to "I don't want to be forgotten or live unloved." A wish, if seen truly as a wish, is in fact always a response to a perceived lack: if there weren't a lack, there wouldn't be such a motivation to escape the present moment towards something "better, more whole." Intrinsic motivation stems, rather, from an "abundance mindset": that one is full, overflowing, of a mind to let out what they have inside, to express themselves to the world. The movement is from within to without, as opposed to from without to within. Desire is like eating, it sustains you, pleases you, staves off hunger, it goes in. Passion is like singing: you don't need to sing to survive, but you would like to survive so that you can sing. It comes out from you, from your soul. Here's the coup de grace: one can trace the kinds of desires one pursues to the passions one has if one is having trouble finding those passions: name your desires, imagine what it would be like to live in a world where they were fulfilled, and then ask yourself "then what?" What is it that you've been wanting to do, if only you felt secure enough to pursue it? If you had everything else in the world, if resources were no issue, if pain and worry never troubled you again, if your desires for pleasure were all sated: what would you do the next day? Because it's not that one should hate ones desires: they are merely trying to get you to the point where you feel comfortable doing what you truly want. The problem is merely that we often overfocus on our desires to the point where we forget that they were our servants, not our kings. To not close with confusion: any action can be passionate/intrinsically motivated/ in line with a sufficient good, and anny action can be desirous/extrinsically motivated/ in line with a necessary good. The action really doesn't matter so much as the attitude taken, especially in the long run when you look back at the time you've spent. One can even meditate on how to integrate passion and desire into one, but I've talked long enough. Hopefully this proved thought-provoking for any readers :)
i've had an idea in my head for 8 years now. 8 years ago i was in college, and i said "i'm going to learn everything i need in order to make this idea a reality!" it was going to be a tall hill to climb, though, considering the number of skills I would need to hone to have the project come to fruition. I learned, I graduated, I became homeless and had to put it on the shelf for awhile, and finally I got to a place where I felt I was ready. time to make this dream a reality! seemingly the moment i made that decision, i got covid, which caused complications with an underlying chronic condition i didn't even know i had, and now i'm barely able to stay sitting upright for a few hours at a time. it's been a year of fighting to stay alive, my cognitive abilities are slipping away, that beautiful idea of mine that once gave me purpose now festers within the prison of body, and i know now i will never be able to do it justice. i've had to accept the fact that i'm probably going to die young. i don't have any more time left to learn and grow, if anything i'm going backwards, and things that were once easy to me are becoming difficult. now i start this project knowing it's never going to be the masterpiece i hoped for and not knowing if i'll even get to finish it. i wasted so much time, and this thing i have wanted to bring into the world for so long is suffering at my own hands, but if i don't do it now, then i never will. it will never be what i wanted it to be, but it will be what i need it to be, and i can only hope that will be enough to soothe my tired soul.
"doing a thing that never end, that is always in process" is something that I understand well. I don't usually write a lot, but create a universe is something I do daily, multiples ideas/characters/stories being made, retold in my head. part of my creative work is now to learn who to put it somewhere, writing, drawing, both! it's only very recently that I've started to learn to love the process of writting/drawing, that even if that not *exactly* how I wanted it to be, it's okay, because it's fun! and it realy, really help me put those ideas somewhere else than my head. while before I had many, many days of blank pages because I was apprehensive... scrap that, terrified of putting something that where a malformed version of what I had in mind. it really drown out that motivation/passion to do stuff. now I am motivated to do a dnd/pathfinder campaign, and all the stuff I love to do (storytelling throught decors/characters, drawing, encounter design ect), and it really feel great! (even if learnings rules are so tedious something.)
This is exactly how I feel! A few days ago I made a random leap and just wrote what I would consider a good starting prologue in 1-2 hours. I think alongside having the universe in your head, it’s just starting with something you’re genuinely interested in writing and reading also.
This video made me cry, I have for a long time tried to think of a way to feel like I have a purpose. This video made me find a wire that I can follow to find and ignite my purpose. Thank you.
The story of the belly song reminds me of a verse from the Twenty One Pilots song - Kitchen Sink "Are you searching for a purpose? Then write something. Yeah, it might be worthless Paint something. It might be wordless Pointless curses. Nonsense verses You'll see purpose start to surface No one else is dealing with your demons Meaning maybe defeating them could be the beginning of your meaning, friend"
This reminds me of something I went through last November. in October, I applied for this really big writing grant, something that I needed friends to write letters of recommendation for. In November, I started my 3rd NaNoWriMo and on the 4th day, I found out I didn't get it. I didn't even get a rejection email, I just happened upon it on twitter of all places I was gutted, frustrated and I just couldn't stop crying and on top of all that, I was 5k words into my new book and I still had 45k words left. If I didn't write that day, I'd fall behind. I really thought about giving up entirely but I just couldn't? Don't get wrong, it was incredibly hard and draining but I just couldn't give up. I still can't tell you exactly why I didn't but this video really reminded of that first week afterwards.
I always try and tell others to do a little bit of art everyday even if they think they are bad at it. Also the best way JoJo part 5 put it "If you try to skip to the end result you start to lose sight of what you want"
I love your content. You don't just help me become a better writer, you make me wonder about the world in a deeper level. The drawings and animations are absolutely adorable too. I hope you keep enjoying creating these amazing videos in the future.
I used to write poems. Not love poems, nor ones that talk about the problems currently faced by my country. They were about my own thoughts about life, universe, existence, etc. Sometimes, I even mix them together. Although, my main subjects are usually the indifference of the universe, the three natures of life (selfishness, curiosity, choice), regression, and forgetting moments. But the more I wrote, the more things became... lonelier. I started noticing that instead of interacting with people, instead, I spend my time writing my thoughts as poems. I don't have any friends who have the same hobby. None of them actually likes to write poems, on the rare moments they show interest, they only ask me to write them love poems. I felt stuck, I want to talk about ideas beyond just love, but none of my friends are interested in that. The more it lasted the lonelier it became; my poems became conversations with myself. So, I decided to stop, before I completely drown. I did get better, I interact more now, I don't feel as lonely, but it did cost me the hobby of writing poems. Even today, a line from one of my poems is stuck in my mind; "These words have no audience nor critics. One day, even I would forget." and I think it became true. I've forgotten most of my poems, I don't even know where I placed the notebook that contained most of them. The only ones I remember are the ones tied to my own view of everything. So yeah, I did become less lonely but in exchange I stopped writing. I think I'm afraid that I'll end up regressing, I've always had the tendency to regress to a former train of thoughts.
I love how your content is something I’m passionate about but to the point where I don’t want to burn out by paying too much attention, making every single video feel fresh
*_When you forget sadness, you will never be happy. When you forget your true purpose, be it for inspiration or entertainment, that is why you end up with depression. When you are blinded by the expectations of others, you lose your voice._* *_The only feeling I had to endure the whole life of reaching my dreams and finding my purpose to create was an endless sea of rage and anger. It stemmed from those who dislike my goals, and despite the support, I feel like behind my back, they were not sincere. It did not feel like love to me, but resentment of the modern world we live in._* *_And I kept living with that anger. I even try to channel it to my art, to let out my rage and hatred just to empty myself. It's been years since I started hiding my anger from everyone else, wearing a false smile because they said that I cannot express anger, hatred, or even a single tear. All I can draw out to make them all shut up is to reveal the horrors through words or art (Even if I did not have enough guts to try and draw something horrific)._* *_They won't believe it, but others will understand it. Not everyone has to believe in a certain ideal. As a young Creator, like everyone else who wants to follow the legends of the art realm, I still wish to keep the purpose of inspiration close to heart. Even there are those who need guidance._* _"I rather walk the infinite empty world rather than the narrow gate that leads to a dead end." - Me_
I have been watching a lot of your content. This video spoke to me more than anything else you have published. the "belly song lens" gave my a way to understand my break from religion to pursue a secular life. the "Belly song lens" gave me motivation to purse my art projects again. I think you could create a whole philosophical self help/self-actualization movement based on this principle. I know you found it profound enough to make a video essay... but i think it is profound enough to write a full length book... you know other than Raybearer of course.
Creativity pushed me out of my stagnant religion and creativity is helping me deconstruct. It's so cool to see people reclaim themselves outside of organized religion that holds us back from our full potential.
I'm glad i clicked on this video.... The idea of my purpose being something you want to continuously pursue never came across my mind. I've always feared the end of journeys i start because, what do i do afterward? What was the point of pursuing my purpose if it had an end? This video actually answered that. I actually think i can start writing now♥ Thank you for this story. It really was the stepping stone needed to begin for me. I certainly hope it inspires others and will continue doing so. ...and with that, I'm officially subscribed to your channel. So sorry it took me like 5 months to finally hit the button. This story did it for me :)
Several months ago, I finished a beautiful painting of an emanating divine woman who clearly represents the spirit of purpose. With her right hand she held the left ear of a male asian lion, and her left hand held the right ear of another asian lion. 🦁🦁🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I cried during this video and I'm still crying when I write this. I have depression for over 11 years and one of the biggest part of it was my existential crisis and wandering "Why am I living? Why I was born? What is my purpose?" and... the most funny and at the same time terrifying thing is that I knew exactly wat was my purpose... but I forced myself that I am not good enough to make it my life purpose. And by it I mean drawing. I was convinced that I have to bee like second Michale Angelo and a pop star in one person. But I was not... so I was trying to abandon that purpose, wandering why my purpose is not being an acountant or office worker... or even graphic designer in some kind of studio, wchich was somehow conected with my passion for drawing. But all that time I felt need to draw things that appear in my mind - magical things, sad things, nerdy things and most of all beautifull things, and that I have to make money from it becouse I have too many ideas to draw and not enough time. But I still didnt want to do it. It was like fighting with your own physical needs and hating yourself for those needs. I was feeling that I have to draw but instead I was asking WHY I feel that and why I cant be NORMAL. It was making me miserable. If not my amazing therapist I would be like this forever, but since I accepted that, that I dont have to be the beast artist in the world to make art my purpose... I realised that I don't actually need to make a lot off money, have million followers online or even find boyfriend, to just want to live. And when like... 2-3 weeks ago I started drawing again, everyday, not a big drawing, small and messy sketches of something I really love... I really started to feel... good. Not amazing, not extremely happy, just good. And this is huuuge change for me! Month ago I wanted to die so hard that it was difficult for me to do anything. Now I am posting my art again at social media, showing other people stuff I love and found beautiful and planning to reopen my little shop at etsy because I know that there are in the world people who would like to buy my cute illustration with unicorns and fairies. I know making enough money from art to live is extremley difficult, but I know also that if I stop trying to make my life around art... I will once again want to die.
I agree but only to some extent. If you get too caught up in the search of that mythical "purpose of life" you can forget to be grateful for what you have and forget to live in the moment. I knew people who ended their lives because they couldn't find their purpose... If done wrong it can turn into a very selfish way of living in which you are constantly focused on yourself, your needs, your desires. I am not saying you need to ignore those things, of course not, but don't get too caught up in this process. Don't forget to be happy that you can live another day, that you have family/friends/beloved ones, be grateful for the little things in life. They can bring as much joy and as much fulfilment as the mythical "purpose".
I think this UA-cam channel is the reason I’ve started reading again. I haven’t touched a book (other than training manuals) in years. I’m currently reading Sun Tsu. The intro is a hundred pages long! But it helps give you a surface level view of Chinese history before diving into the complicated world of Chinese warfare.
How do you write stories which have their antagonist as the other’s protagonist? Like a double story where both antagonist and protagonist start out in the same place, get to hate each other due to ideological difference, and separate, only to return later? Love this video btw... needed it for quite some time.
As a person who struggled with the whole concept of "Who am I and what am I meant to do?" since I was 17, I'm going to share some of my thoughts and hopefully it will help someone out there! My purpose is to ease the suffering of those around me. (I'm not claiming to be the best person ever, but I try my best like everyone else.) I became a veterinarian because people find comfort in animal companionship. I dabbled in writing and voice acting to give words and a voice to the things I worked through myself, just in case it helps someone else too. I suffered because I thought that I had to become a paragon in those "fields" in order to have any impact on anyone. In order to matter. I HAD to become a great vet because I was smart and I COULD do it. I HAD to become a succesful writer because I COULD put words together in a pleasant way. I HAD to do voice acting in big projects because I COULD manipulate my voice well enough. According to others, I COULD, so I HAD to. Any other choice, any other "path" was wrong. And people around, unknowingly, reinforced that. "Hey Jim, you're pretty good at this! Don't waste time and do something with it!" So, I pushed myself. I pushed myself further that I should have. I was not pursuing my purpose, but running away from failing it. It was exhausting, both physically and, especially, mentally. All those "cool abilities" I had, had become a burden that I had to drag with me, every single breathing moment of my day. I became depressed since "I have no hope of achieving my purpose, so why bother with anything, really?" Piece by piece, "I" was almost gone and I left behind the guy who could do those things well enough to warrant his existence... I was like this for a couple of years, stuck in a limbo of "He could do more if he wanted." and "I don't have the will to try anymore." Until I met some wonderful people who looked at me and said "I don't care what you mean to be, I don't care if anyone else thinks you're cool and all. I think you're cool!" It sounds rather simple if you think about it, but I slowly started realizing that I was looking for a forest without acknowledging the trees that were around me. It was almost like a "click" in my brain. "Hey, you can say that 10 trees is a reaaally small sample of a forest, right? So technically speaking, I found a forest. Let's make this grow!" And so I focused on that. One animal at a time. One line at a time. One recording at a time. A smile. A "that helped!" And, at last, everyone was happy...
I am going to be screenshotting and dissecting this video for a personal wallpaper. I am one I have been struggling with stagnating and looking for some visualizable message to have as a daily reminder. Right now my phone background is an eye with stars reflecting in it cause my wife told me "even if you can't see the stars in your eyes, I can." I've had an image in my mind of what I want and with bits of this video I know I can make it Edit: So thank you for this
This is actually the base to answer Nihilism. For those that can accept a world without a god's will to follow this is actually what may give them purpose.
God literally approves in that manner too. Jesus's greatest delight, he said, is in fact Charity. "To love thy brother as thyself" and "To be your brother's keeper" to name a few consistent ways he coined it. I feel that we as Christians, honestly, focus way too much on the bible, too much as to blind *real* spiritual perception, for the actual purpose we've been placed for in it of itself. To be a follower of Jesus Christ and "go about doing good."
@@brittonwhite8122 I'm gonna cut this short: dealing with the unfalsifiable is a waste of time and every god that humanity invented is falsifiable and has been proven to not exist.
@@Italian_Isaac_Clarke Well, if anything it gives me purpose I guess. I also think there can be an answer lying in the prospective realm of physics, being that God is always quoted as a "higher being" and a lot of the time angels are termed a lot to the nature of "four" or "four-sided". Seeing that we can just barely fathom a 4-dimensional square, who knows what's outside out world. But, yeah I'm still no mastermind on this, and really It's just a ponderable that has little to no use. I'll stop talking now /: you're free to deem me crazy if you want
@@brittonwhite8122 Dimensions is the simplest way in which we can categorize space. X, Y and Z are not "le magic coding of our universe" but just directions. Saying "a 4D object" or "a 2D object" is completely ilLogical because there are only 3, the ones we invented to describe space. Time is merely the observation of matter changing. If nothing changes anymore, if no more light travels, if "space does not expand" or whatever it is that is happening stops then time would stop existing. Yes, technically it would still pass, but internally there'd be no way to measure it and it'd be basically useless to do so because there could be no change. "Time and Space" are not God's coding, but merely reality and how we interpret it. Language is a great tool, but if mislearned, misused or if one is just confused it can be a prison which not only makes you blind to what's in front of you, but even to the very concepts themselves.
I went through this here in college. I chose a field I wanted, but all the trials and tribulations made me question why I wanted to make a career of art. Recognition? Mastery? all these difficult challenges whittled away all my logic until only what's left is the core of my self-concept. I found that i just had this innate need to share. When i find something beautiful or compelling or wonderous, i want to share it with other people. Art school is rough but atleast I got that out of it. So reflect on why you do things and maybe you can save on a lot of money from art school.
This video made my cry in the best possible way. I think people often forget that artists are people too, they live their lives between the passionate moments of creation too. Everyone, artist or not have their good and bad moments. Everyone has the potential to the spark of purpose and to burn out, but as long as we can feel the need of something more, something better, a goal to achieve or a thing to be doing, depression and burnout can be eased. It's not a battle you have to fight one time, you have to want to win every day, and on some days you'll fail and those are the times, you must not give up your desire. This is a friendly reminder to remember the spark and sing your belly song again.
I like your idea of a purpose as a flame that burns... not a goalpost. If you asked me what I love to do, what makes me burn with passion, joy, enthusiasm, I could tell you. But if you asked me my purpose, I couldn't answer, because I don't know how to "apply" it in a way that is considered "constructive". This helped me understand that I don't have to worry so much about how to apply my talents, but only that I do. The doing in and of itself could guide me to the answer.
Honestly, i cannot thank you enough for this video. i've spent a lifetime creating in word and painting, and even without anything anyone else would see as success, i have gotten to live singing deep from the belly. tyty i needed the reminder.
I LOVE the recognition that not everyone has the luxury to act on their purpose on a grand world changing way. I thought exactly that way before it was stated and there is a certain comfort in hearing you say it that made me shed tears. I am an incoming college student that, due to several circumstances, cannot pursue my desired course. My "bellysong," being a veterinarian, is the combination of my greatest good, being able to understand and connect with critters, and my best desire, being able to aid in giving whatever I understand their needs are. It was my childhood dream, my wails as a child. I was told that I have this immense capacity to understand them and I took it and treasured it. I guess the best I can do now is helping them the best I can when they come to me. I will continue humming my bellysong.
This is my first video from this channel and I am ever so thankful that this is how imintroduced to your content. This reached me on a number of levels. Thank you
This truly hit home with me, in my journey i struggle to find the words for the questions in my mind and heart. Hearing this helps me answer question I knew I had but didn’t know how to ask.. Thank you,and I love you.
A couple things to say: First, remember a Masterpiece was the work apprentices did to graduate. It was supposed to be their worst work as an individual artist. Second, I strongly encourage everyone to look into the science of creativity. John Cleese talks about it. Or look up Dr. Puccio's TED talk. There are processes that can help you sing your belly song. Don't get trapped in your head thinking you have to reinvent the wheel.
Love this video, it's so well done. I did some study on 'purpose' for a while and came to similar conclusions. Discovered things like Ikigai - the japanese concept for a happy/purposeful life, as well as aspects about what it looks like. For example, it can end up as a big grand 'thing' in the future, but I feel one concept is missed, and isn't asked a lot. It's: 'What is your purpose right now?', instead of the question: 'What is your purpose?' This also includes other factors such as goal setting and how you plan on fulfilling a 'need' or 'purpose'. For me, I was shown a lot about purpose through The Bible. As purpose can be such a big thing, there are two verses I find really good: Jeremiah 29:11-13 (the most commonly used one), and Psalm 138:8 (one of my favorites, and not used as often). I also find that purpose must not only fill a need in the world, but in the person as well, it must satisfy the person, an aspect of showing you love God and others, as The Bible would put it. It must act as like an internal drive, fuel source and desire that you're not willing to give up on, but you're willing to fight for, irrespective of what others say. Oh, and also, purpose, for lack of a better term, is a joyful journey, it's not exactly meant to have an end, it is meant to continue to grow, that or grow and reproduce, to leave a legacy after it that helps it continue to grow through others who are just as passionate once your time is over. I would say it has milestones, but not an end, and that's meant to be a good thing, because it keeps you excited, hopeful, and joyful for what comes next.
For me personally, I think creativity depends on how vivid your imagination is and how bored you are. For example, when you're bored and have nothing to do, you start imagining things that don't exist. Curiosity emerges after you've imagined things that don't exist.
It’s hard taking that leap of faith. It feels like people talk about purpose, but it feels like empty words. I think a lot of life people summarize in empty words. We need to just start. Stephen King said “It’s the good ideas that stick.” You only have a minute to decide what you want in life, and those ideas will stick and you can make them better. Things go over drafts in your head, but even ideas that stick never happen if you don’t just try making it. The perfect story might never be told, don’t let that story be yours.
This is the only channel that I do not play on double speed. The writing and narration is so well done here, the tempo is a big part of what makes this content so good. Well done guy!
This feels very much like Stoicism, particularly the so-called Serenity prayer: Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. Be happy with what you can do, not with what you think you HAVE to do.
finall figured out the specific way i experience dysphoria. Wherever I am, whoever I'm with, whatever I'm doing, whenever I'm awake, a loneliness is always there. Sometimes bonecrushing and sometimes lightweight but always there, this loneliness follows me regardless for it's myself I'm missing.
I know it isn’t your specialty but just thought an interesting idea to explore is story telling through sound. As someone who has been a musician 10 years and now studying music, story telling is a huge part of what it is we do. How to evoke feelings and thoughts and even places.
It’s a beautiful story that teaches that by finding purpose you can end endless self doubts about yourself! For my case, I wonder… what did her mother do to her after she broke the curse on her father? Did her father left the family as he was no longer bounded by the curse. This is my case not looking for the purpose but rather facing what my purpose brought to me, because not having a purpose, blinding following an idea that was implanted on me, or having a purpose that no one can grasp what it is, leading you to have doubts seems to me to be the same concept, you end pretty much where you started! Though a solution I found, but can’t really execute is knowing that whatever I do, even if it’s something that others implanted on me or my own purpose, is taking joy, pride, you will never be certain of what will happen until you do, you will always have regrets, but knowing all of this and still keep going taking pride on what you did no matter what! After all there is no courage without fear! I just wonder, how can I do that, how can I take joy on a purpose that greatly destroy myself on the process, it will benefit others yes, and the thought of others being helped by what I did makes me happy, but what about those around me that was hurt while I was on my purpose? There will be always happiness followed by sadness, there will be always love followed by hate, we can’t feel a particularly emotion without feeling its opposite! PS: What I meant by all of this? Honestly take whatever you can, when I saw the video I thought it would be something about, how being a creative person leads you down a rabbit hole…
the first half of this video really helped me. Recently I have been feeling a bit down, not really happy to write. But now I feel like I can maybe start to write again. Even if it sucks. You can't edit a blank page after all
I think my Core is the absorption of knowledge, constantly learning and growing my mind's tool set. Then when I create something I expel this knowledge out. Making connections between things of different fields or content that at first seem unrelated.
When I try to make a story, I run into one of two problems. I either A, get stumped on what to do with it(whether it's coming up with an ending or making sense of characters and narrative), or B, I go batcrap insane and take the story into bombastic directions to the point where I have to struggle to remember how I even started it(those are the ones I work on the most).
Your purpose is your identity. Or your identity is your purpose; it's not clear which one comes first, but they end up the same. If you truly *identify* as a writer, if "I am a writer" is the sentence that brings the most clarity to your existence, then you'll willingly sacrifice anything to preserve it. Because when your identity breaks, whatever it was, life becomes hollow and meaningless, and death feels like a mere formality. A real identity crisis is no joke, and many don't survive it. But you *CAN* change your identity. Most of us do, several times. We rarely do so consciously, but we can. A key component of therapy, for example, is often gently nudging the client's identity in a more healthy direction. Changing who they are, changing their purpose. Often we see it as "finding" our purpose or "finding" ourselves, as if the purpose was something independent that we stumble upon if we're lucky. For better or worse, you make your identity and your purpose. You construct it at the intersection between what you most deeply want, what you're willing to work to become, and what you believe is possible. The key isn't to widen your search, the key is to think about what is within your ability to manage. If your identity is within your control, then it will never break. You can't make yourself a successful author, but you can make yourself someone who writes every day. You can't make yourself a teacher, but you can make yourself someone who enjoys teaching. You can't make yourself loved by all, but you can make yourself someone who shows kindness to everyone. Build your identity, build your purpose, and you'll find meaning in being the person you chose to become.
The example of food was perfect, we feel hunger everyday, we feel the need to eat all the time, and no matter if you eat today, later on you will feel the need to eat again, and again and again everyday. It's something we feel the need and we make the effort to make it tastier and delicious, if we go after our purpose the same way, he will never grow cold, you will warm it everyday, and the fire born from this need to eat more, to know more, this constant desire to improve and keep doing it, this love when sincere will never go away, and will always taste delicious when you put real effort at it.
I wouldn't call myself an artist yet, but I want to be. I don't think of bad feelings as the price of art and it being necessary for being a Martyr or anything like that. Sometimes when I feel bad and others try to cheer me up, I don't want them to. I want to be left alone and think things out, think about what I want to do, about how I want to do it. I want to feel these emotions and get to know myself better so I can eventually create better things
I'm writting a story about reflections of myself. The main reflection is actually a blue humanoid slime that appeared to punish the other older reflection of myself since i became cold and aimless. 4 years ago, I became a young adult and when i was able to go in college, i was lost. No idea what to study, what is actually interesting in life ? i was just playing video game and making some story in my head while getting my grade. I didn't had any purpose, i didn't have any dream and soon, i didn't had any hope. Even today, i'm still unsure. That slime is a slime because it stick with me since that night where i realised that i was without a purpose, without a fire. At first he was not a slime, he was a human being that gradually decay, losing skin, muscle and even his sight during his birth. He was just there to spread the celestial truth toward the other reflection and i and they only felt pain. The rain felt upon the monster and he absorbed the water, spliting in a being of smoke and ash, the remaining darkness, and into a blue slime that decided to forget all his origins and try to seek a purpose for himself while living in my headspace. I like how sometimes when i'm writing that story, i find similar element in other media, like the blue bird of hapiness (witch is not the bird creating hapiness but a bird giving the celestial truth) or the fact that in that belly song story, the purpose is all arround a coal burning, like the dark ash smoke being i made. The slime in the end of the story will even transform more like an etheral blue fire, becoming my purpose : making his world and his friends real and visible trough any piece of media. And trough that journey both in the story and irl, i will learn new thing, meet new people and find new purpose. For now, i'm just living with a sticky friend call Nash Limus. Sorry about the bad english, i'm french ^.^'
@@_SomyaY well it's only very recently that i started to write the backstory of the actual story of my character. I started to write because i think i was like, hey i have way too much idea and i'm sometimes forgetting some, so let's try to make a first iteration. My dream would be to make a video game out of it, a game witch a mix of Omori and Oneshot. But currently, it's nothing more than just some line...but i'm currently making a video witch will have a custom delatune mod with some custom sprite and a special mod i'm currently strugelling to make. Before making notes or write, i was just doing some roleplay with a few friends and i made that story, personal. Even today i'm proscrinating a bit on the video, improving the other footage but not make that last game mod since i have almost no idea how to make it. But very slowy i get new hint. I think it's perhaps trying to do it, even if it's small, it build up.
I'm in tears! Thank you, I want to make art that reaches people, but all I need is to make art at all. It's been really hard but maybe it can be easier..
Be creative in the worst. It's not a painting. it's facing the most flawed of people and making them into a picture. There's a "right" way to do some things. Often not what people assume. Being creative means hard situations. Hard choices. consequences. In this something meaningful can be made. Even if it's dark and twisted it can become something beautiful. Reason and purpose. That is art.
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The idea of a belly song is a neat way to think about creative drive. For instance when I finish a game I HAVE to talk about it to someone. It ignites something deep in my core and I have to satiate that fire by professing how cool a story or a set of mechanics were. And that same fire is something I simultaneously need to keep burning because I feel it's where I draw my inspiration from at 2 in the morning staring at an empty page. Like I'm burning up every piece of media I've ever consumed and staring into the fire to find a new story.
I guess the way I just am and the inevitable rollercoaster with more downs than ups for most of my life saved me from getting locked into a place I didn't even belong. I had a time where I thought art was my calling, but oh boy got I lucky not to achieve anything with it, because I can't draw, not even doodle unless I really feel an urge to do so and that's almost exclusively when I need it as an outlet for complicated emotions. one thing I've learned due to the constant shifts and changes in places, jobs, people around me were that there is literally no reason to strictly settle for one thing, place, whatever when you don't even know if you'll keep it. regardless if it's taken from you or you're just ready to move on. life isn't a straight line and I had to learn that the hard way before age 22. at least all that pushing and shoving and being stuck within my own head helped me to find my _purpose_ so to say, cuz there is a desire, an itch within me that I have as long as I can remember. it's silly to me now that I did see the rebellious, stubbornness able to break through mental walls and imprint that same strenght onto those around me as a bug, not a feature.
This really goes into detail about how we make problems by trying to use more ambition than what we got and we make it a curse on ourselves because we are putting more into it then what we got making it more sraning for us.
When this happens. Try and relax into it. DO NOT FORCE it. It's like going for a dump don't strain or push too hard otherwise you'll be left with a pain in the arse that will throw off your mental focus and the whole joyful release of the process. By the same token consuming a certain diet, some mind-fibre if you will. This will shift it that little bit more easier.
Art is the only thing that makes me happy honestly. If I don’t have art, what’s the point of waking up. There is some thing about making art that is the equivalent of creating life. My Work is like my children. Even more, when I am doing art, I am exploring worlds outside of the normal reality that we deal with. It is like having some sort of a teleportation device, but only I can go through it. Art doesn’t take away from me, or get into my happiness. art is my happiness. Art is Me. My tool of choice is capturing light, or as my mother used to call me, a light bender because even as a small child, I was obsessed with controlling the speed of light using my shutter on my camera.
My purpose is communication. Self-expression. I know that much. But I have been afraid of pursuing any more solid idea of my purpose because I am afraid that if I find it, it will just become yet another thing I am failing to do and another reason to hate myself.
So just find something good that you can be addicted to. I already know what passion is and the "where, when, and with what tools." I just have to be patient until I start writing fiction for a living.
I wonder, is our purpose our greatest desire? Do we wish to help others because it is our desire and we chose that to be our purpose? I'm not sure if this makes sense or not but I ponder this question a lot. Besides this question I would like to say that I enjoyed your video very much, it was easy to learn and it makes me ponder even more questions.
This video was *very* resonatory; your purpose being your greatest good and your best desire. It's honestly the exact *opposite* of what religions like Christianity teach, that being that your purpose is (their) gods plan for you; and considering the Abrahamic religions are *happy* to lie to people in order to *control* them, I'm *down* for that. It also helped me to even *better* understand quotes about carving your *own* fate I've heard a *lot* in media like videogames and anime, and better understand the quote of something putting a fire in your belly. Alas, not to make an excuse to *not* fight it, but it's a real *uphill* battle to keep that fire in your belly burning in a world that seems Hellbent on *dousing* it and *forcing* you to be content with the way things are and conform to it; all that to say, even though our purpose is *within* , we can't *completely* ignore the without either, as it can both help us *realize* our purpose, *and* prove to be a threat to it.
It is a price I’m willing to pay if it means creating worlds I can look back on and enjoy in my old age. The remnants of my childhood that are worth remembering.
Purpose is cruel. If it dosent actually exist people are lying to each other, creating empty hope and sorrow. If it does excise then a large amount of people will live in places or have reason why it’s impossible to achieve.
You don't "achieve" a purpose though-you strive toward it. You "get there" by trying hard every day, regardless of how close or far you are from any result -Benji, showrunner
"Enchantment is the means through which we may gain access to sacredness. Entertainment is the means through which we distance ourselves from it." - Neil Postman
I know what I want to do, I just wish I was brave enough to start. I worry too much about what other people think. I had a close family friend mentor my creative writing, and honestly I think it did more harm than good. I want to create and tell my story in the way only I can, not in my mentor's way. ❤
The “magical” fire in your belly is due to the heavy consumption of potassium chlorate, sulfur, fillers and glass powder and the fact that these chemicals were lit before the consumption.
I had given up on your channel and listening to your delivery. This one brought me back, I gotta say. I had realized this point recently, especially about flow of creativity rather than the end product. It was nice hearing it from someone else, like realizing it all over again.
Video is basically done by 6:11 Lets say I am nicer to those around me. I still have hours to spend in the day. I may not be an artist in a literal sense either. What you are saying is very digestible and it being dumbed down makes it more digestible. But I am unsure. Things are complicated. Like if you tell someone in a toxic relationship, just be kinder to those around you. So this might be a simple appeal to make. The truth is reality is complicated. But that complication does not need to take your eyes off of what matters. And some arbitrary goal might be good to do anyways, just not at the expenses it had cost prior. It lets you know, you in fact, *can* do the thing. And you can do other things. So not quite sure I agree with you. The real issue is you overworked yourself to attain your dream. The dream wasn't the issue, and perhaps you regret the activities because the reward was not sweeter for the sacrifices you imposed.
So I suppose, there are real considerations there I have now because of this video, so thanks for that. Why work for a youtube channel, when its going to get swamped by bots anyways?
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Hey could you do a video on procrastination, i have been procrastinating on a story for 2 years now and as im sure you know, this is a trap that sucks the life and drive out of you
Once upon a time, I was told by someone versed in real life occult stuff that everyone has a "True Song", that comes from their true self, one that when sung, will fill the validation and self thats missing, and will unite yourself to full power, but requires one to understand their true self, and to sing so without assumption or bias, and it is very hard to maintain. To others it may sound discordant, cacophanous, or ugly, but to you it fufills you perfectly.
The Belly Song reminded me of that.
Another amazing video, Foundry Crew! May I suggest the addition of subtitles in your videos? I feel they would enhance the experience, as well as make them more accessible and enjoyable to more people, no matter where they might be. (Although if I'm being totally honest, I just want an excuse to enjoy these videos at night without waking others.)
This can apply 2 one`s walk with God aswell if u think about it if the passion dies u become lukewarm or even cold and that is dangerous 4 a believer
Does world anvil apply to even an animated story? My brother and I are currently working on our own little universe and I’m just curious if this site would be worth for a project like that?
There is a quote from House M.D that I really like. Wilson, House's best friend told him this. "Being miserable doesnt make you better than anyone else, house. It just makes you miserable." Happiness and success in your creative endeavours can be simultaneous. Don't sacrifice happiness for art. Find balance.
I forgot how good that series is!
@@Anyone_Else_Think me too dude. I just recently picked it back up again.
My favorite lines :
Wilson : Dying is easy! Living is HARD!
House : That cant be as poignant as it sounded!
....AND everybody looks around like they don't get the joke... ;o)
Exactly
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 I dont get the joke :(
People talking about purpose often think so narrow minded; like you have only one thing that could make them whole that way, but I believe there's several things that would be each a verse in your stomach song.
Searching for purpose also makes you miserable, why force yourself to a single path? I was miserable for years because of this, because I felt like I had no purpose, but then I realized that there is nothing wrong about not having purpose, as long as you're happy with yourself,
without the need of other people's approval
It's all good until you stop believing in free will : /
@@genzu6388 Determinism moment
@@genzu6388if you're creative, why not make the free will?
@@lucasmoore8558 information cannot be created nor destroyed, hence why. Also I appreciate the effort man
For ANY art. ANY art.
We would rather you be alive and happy to present it to us. For the sake of your family, your friends, your fans. We would rather that book take longer, be shorter, be split into two books where there was only supposed to take one.
Because you living long enough to be happy is more important than the art you toss into the ether. Always.
No
I’m going to keep tricking talent into making art for me
And paying them a small wage
Then have them “pass away” when they finish the painting
So then I can sell it for 2.5 million minimum on a terrible day
@@Literally___Metf dude?
@@Literally___Me Good mindset. You can become a great business man, imo. (THIS IS NOT SARCASM)
@@Literally___Me good one, mate.
@@Literally___Me kafka and van gogh DIED LIKE THIS
This makes me wonder why I want to write stories. What would my core be?
My most important personality trait to me is my curiosity. I want to learn. I want to know stuff I can't understand.
My greatest desire is to be understood. I feel like I can have perfectly articulated monologues when I'm talking to myself or when I'm stuck in my head, repeating made up conversations over and over again. It all fades away when infront of another.
So my purpose is to tell stories. I want to explore worlds with characters who are like me. Who can hold those conversations. And maybe those who read it kight understand my mind a bit better
I'm pretty similar. My avatars in my work are very much a self insert (with some of my personality traits exaggerated a bit for more conflict and characterization) of a person who strives for understanding. They generally have esoteric conversations that none of the others around get, but do have their moments of shining brilliance.
I understand what you mean you feel like you become that character when you read or write you grow as person when they do
I understand. I also wonder why am I writing, and who am I writing for. But for me, writing is about bringing things to life. When it comes to writing stories, what you want to write about is limitless.
Languages, countries, planets, galaxies, and more can be created. It's incredible. You can write about anything you wish! That's the beauty of writing, that's the beauty of humanity. Humans can create something from nothing and make it beautiful, and outstanding. Through our imagination and creativity, we can transform something as ordinary as our lives into something extraordinary. Isn't that something you'd like to see become a reality? I would!
I’m the same way. From binge learning to extensive monologues, my brain constantly wants to take in information and tell others, and create from what information it has found
Mostly same.
The Curse of Creativity:
Pro: I can write about anything
Con: I can write about anything.
Makes sense
I once had a point when I was way, way too invested into the book I was writing, I mean it was good I know that, I always try to be as objective as possible, but it took away from everything else, socializing, school, everything evaporated. It felt, like a curse.
But then I realized that fifty shades of grey exists and instatnly I felt a lot better about my writing and stopped putting nearly as much thought into it. I still know, it's good, just not as deep.
Ok but actually this. I easily get into a mindset like this which is why I never really stick with one thing and a big one was writing. It’s cool to see that you got through it and if your published drop that link lol I’d love to read it!
@@Kat-Kadence eventually.
@@baboin1851 I don't understand the last paragraph seems random and pointless
What was the point of that last part?
@@edorasmarauder5761 because fifty shades of grey sucks. And I realized that it exists and then I suddenly felt motivation hit me, like a jackhammer.
If a book like it can exist, then mine can surely do too.
I love the pain creativity brings: The tragedy of characters, the torment of their inner monsters, black white and grey, Impossible scenarios and possibilities, the deepest depths of profound thoughts, experiencing another ones pain with your mind is one of the most satisfying things, far away from the blank slate of reality. In my opinion, purpose on the other hand will only help you forget, like the sun outshines all the stars, reaching your goal will only get you to the point where you stop moving.
As I percievee it purpose as presented in this video doent seem to line up with what you described. It's less of a goals and more of a direction, this kind of purpose can be exploring deep thoughts and tragedies, what this video says Is that theres no need for a concrete objetive to torture oneself for, rather a continuos journey directed to the things that aré meaningful to us.
Really it seems to me that your opinion Is very similar to the one the video provides, it's just that you intérpreted purpose as a goals while the video Is very mucho against purpose as a goal
@@sebastiansandoval4861 you are right, yet I thought about the video they made about the shadow. Purpose as I percieve it is something like a puzzle piece, giving oneself the feeling of doing something useful and with direction, yet after years of thinking, just the experience of everything, without direction, judgement or intention seems very rewarding despite the fact that it isnt a "purpose" or plan. Simply the goal of having no goal gives me personally a good feeling as I can now observe everything without hindering myself to explore every option. Purpose on the other hand gives one the feeling of fulfillment, yet your experience is only one facette. Hope this doesnt sound too crazy
Tldr: you dont need direction, as it limits your experience
That's fair too, I don't think we shouldn't limit ouselves in blind faith by abstract dubious concepts like purpose, but i also think people have different needs and some may have a greater need for concepts like purpose.
Thanks for responding, being kind and thoughtful.
@@sebastiansandoval4861 thank you for having this conversation with me. Normally, you dont see that many people who talk about these things, so Im glad you were there to Listen to my point of view
For me, it's about bringing things to life let me explain in more detail. When it comes to writing stories, what you want to write about is limitless.
Languages, countries, planets, galaxies, and more can be created. It's incredible. You can write about anything you wish! That's the beauty of writing, that's the beauty of humanity. Humans are able to create something from nothing and make it beautiful, and outstanding. Through our imagination and creativity, we can transform something as ordinary as our lives into something extraordinary. Isn't that something you'd like to see become a reality? I would!
In my experience, it is the easiest thing in the world to overthink the concept of "purpose." That said, allow me to do so anyway:
If a person defines themself by their purpose, purpose here defined as "important goal to achieve with my life," then the inability to acheive this purpose will pose an existential threat to this individual. You have redefined purpose away from the connotation of "goal" and more towards "that activity which calls one to express it in the world." The comparison to draw would be between the "artist who would love to paint a masterpiece" and "the artist that lives to paint for the sake of painting."
The difference, in summary, is actually between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation: are you being pulled along from outside or pushed forward from within? I herein draw a distinction between a "desire" as "a feeling of motivation towards actions that will bring about an imagined end goal" and "passion" as "a feeling of motivation towards actions in and of themselves." I will also draw a distinction between "necessary goodness" and "intrinsic goodness." Necessity goodness may be found in actions "which act to secure oneself and stave off harm (i.e: the bottom rows of Maslow's hierarchy) ." Intrinsic/sufficient goodness may be identified in actions "which in their actualization are themselves good (the top rows of Maslow's hierarchy)." You can identify whether an action is taken with necessity goodness or intrinsic goodness as it's motivation by considering the following example:
Belle and Alan both donate to a charity whose work they both approve of and think would be for the betterment of society. Belle donates because she feels called to do so; Alan donates because he feels guilty about passing by without doing anything, even though he would rather save his money until his next paycheck comes in. You can see the difference: Alan donates because he wants to avoid feeling guilty; how does donating do this? Because it bolsters his internal self image as "a moral person," because Alan desires for himself and others to set him as a moral person. Belle donates without rationalizations: she just does. She doesn't care about seeming moral or not, she's not questioning herself, she feels called internally and moves on accordance with that song.
Hopefully it is clear how the concepts I've presented intertwine: imagination/perception of some wanted goal inspires a desire, an extrinsic motivation, towards it. Any actions taken in response to this motivation are fulfilling the necessary good, they are in service of the end goal. In contrast: an internal upwelling of passion channels one directly into action which is thereby intrinsically motivated. This action is therefore fulfilling a sufficient good: it is not in service of any other thing than it's own actualisation as an action.
Here's where I'd like to make a certain insight clear: actions characterized by necessary goodness can be construed in equally valid ways as "movements towards" and "movements away from." A wish, a desire, can be equivalently expressed as a fear, an aversion: "I want to be famous, beloved by all" can be seen as equivalent to "I don't want to be forgotten or live unloved." A wish, if seen truly as a wish, is in fact always a response to a perceived lack: if there weren't a lack, there wouldn't be such a motivation to escape the present moment towards something "better, more whole." Intrinsic motivation stems, rather, from an "abundance mindset": that one is full, overflowing, of a mind to let out what they have inside, to express themselves to the world. The movement is from within to without, as opposed to from without to within. Desire is like eating, it sustains you, pleases you, staves off hunger, it goes in. Passion is like singing: you don't need to sing to survive, but you would like to survive so that you can sing. It comes out from you, from your soul.
Here's the coup de grace: one can trace the kinds of desires one pursues to the passions one has if one is having trouble finding those passions: name your desires, imagine what it would be like to live in a world where they were fulfilled, and then ask yourself "then what?" What is it that you've been wanting to do, if only you felt secure enough to pursue it? If you had everything else in the world, if resources were no issue, if pain and worry never troubled you again, if your desires for pleasure were all sated: what would you do the next day? Because it's not that one should hate ones desires: they are merely trying to get you to the point where you feel comfortable doing what you truly want. The problem is merely that we often overfocus on our desires to the point where we forget that they were our servants, not our kings.
To not close with confusion: any action can be passionate/intrinsically motivated/ in line with a sufficient good, and anny action can be desirous/extrinsically motivated/ in line with a necessary good. The action really doesn't matter so much as the attitude taken, especially in the long run when you look back at the time you've spent. One can even meditate on how to integrate passion and desire into one, but I've talked long enough.
Hopefully this proved thought-provoking for any readers :)
Thank you so much. I needed this
@@placeholdername3737 I'm happy to have helped :)
i've had an idea in my head for 8 years now. 8 years ago i was in college, and i said "i'm going to learn everything i need in order to make this idea a reality!" it was going to be a tall hill to climb, though, considering the number of skills I would need to hone to have the project come to fruition. I learned, I graduated, I became homeless and had to put it on the shelf for awhile, and finally I got to a place where I felt I was ready. time to make this dream a reality!
seemingly the moment i made that decision, i got covid, which caused complications with an underlying chronic condition i didn't even know i had, and now i'm barely able to stay sitting upright for a few hours at a time. it's been a year of fighting to stay alive, my cognitive abilities are slipping away, that beautiful idea of mine that once gave me purpose now festers within the prison of body, and i know now i will never be able to do it justice. i've had to accept the fact that i'm probably going to die young. i don't have any more time left to learn and grow, if anything i'm going backwards, and things that were once easy to me are becoming difficult. now i start this project knowing it's never going to be the masterpiece i hoped for and not knowing if i'll even get to finish it. i wasted so much time, and this thing i have wanted to bring into the world for so long is suffering at my own hands, but if i don't do it now, then i never will.
it will never be what i wanted it to be, but it will be what i need it to be, and i can only hope that will be enough to soothe my tired soul.
Im starting to realize how crazy life can be
Life doesn’t wait, but it’s the good ideas that always stick. I hope you’re able to fulfill it in your vision.
Rest In spaghetti never forgetti
I got it so easy in life... I got it so easy, i'm sorry, reality is harsh, and i hope you can bring this idea to life one day
I very much wish you can pursue your project.
"doing a thing that never end, that is always in process" is something that I understand well.
I don't usually write a lot, but create a universe is something I do daily, multiples ideas/characters/stories being made, retold in my head.
part of my creative work is now to learn who to put it somewhere, writing, drawing, both!
it's only very recently that I've started to learn to love the process of writting/drawing, that even if that not *exactly* how I wanted it to be, it's okay, because it's fun!
and it realy, really help me put those ideas somewhere else than my head. while before I had many, many days of blank pages because I was apprehensive... scrap that, terrified of putting something that where a malformed version of what I had in mind. it really drown out that motivation/passion to do stuff.
now I am motivated to do a dnd/pathfinder campaign, and all the stuff I love to do (storytelling throught decors/characters, drawing, encounter design ect), and it really feel great! (even if learnings rules are so tedious something.)
This is exactly how I feel! A few days ago I made a random leap and just wrote what I would consider a good starting prologue in 1-2 hours. I think alongside having the universe in your head, it’s just starting with something you’re genuinely interested in writing and reading also.
I love the parallels between "purpose" here and the concept of ikigai.
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This video made me cry, I have for a long time tried to think of a way to feel like I have a purpose. This video made me find a wire that I can follow to find and ignite my purpose. Thank you.
Your purpose in life is to surrender to Jesus
The story of the belly song reminds me of a verse from the Twenty One Pilots song - Kitchen Sink
"Are you searching for a purpose?
Then write something. Yeah, it might be worthless
Paint something. It might be wordless
Pointless curses. Nonsense verses
You'll see purpose start to surface
No one else is dealing with your demons
Meaning maybe defeating them could be the beginning of your meaning, friend"
I am incapable of shutting up. Being too happy makes me sad when I can't express the happiness or worse when someone is annoyed by my babbling
This reminds me of something I went through last November. in October, I applied for this really big writing grant, something that I needed friends to write letters of recommendation for. In November, I started my 3rd NaNoWriMo and on the 4th day, I found out I didn't get it. I didn't even get a rejection email, I just happened upon it on twitter of all places
I was gutted, frustrated and I just couldn't stop crying and on top of all that, I was 5k words into my new book and I still had 45k words left. If I didn't write that day, I'd fall behind. I really thought about giving up entirely but I just couldn't? Don't get wrong, it was incredibly hard and draining but I just couldn't give up. I still can't tell you exactly why I didn't but this video really reminded of that first week afterwards.
don't give up! I believe in you!
I always try and tell others to do a little bit of art everyday even if they think they are bad at it. Also the best way JoJo part 5 put it "If you try to skip to the end result you start to lose sight of what you want"
I love your content. You don't just help me become a better writer, you make me wonder about the world in a deeper level. The drawings and animations are absolutely adorable too. I hope you keep enjoying creating these amazing videos in the future.
Agreed
I used to write poems. Not love poems, nor ones that talk about the problems currently faced by my country. They were about my own thoughts about life, universe, existence, etc. Sometimes, I even mix them together. Although, my main subjects are usually the indifference of the universe, the three natures of life (selfishness, curiosity, choice), regression, and forgetting moments.
But the more I wrote, the more things became... lonelier. I started noticing that instead of interacting with people, instead, I spend my time writing my thoughts as poems. I don't have any friends who have the same hobby. None of them actually likes to write poems, on the rare moments they show interest, they only ask me to write them love poems. I felt stuck, I want to talk about ideas beyond just love, but none of my friends are interested in that. The more it lasted the lonelier it became; my poems became conversations with myself. So, I decided to stop, before I completely drown. I did get better, I interact more now, I don't feel as lonely, but it did cost me the hobby of writing poems. Even today, a line from one of my poems is stuck in my mind;
"These words have no audience nor critics. One day, even I would forget."
and I think it became true. I've forgotten most of my poems, I don't even know where I placed the notebook that contained most of them. The only ones I remember are the ones tied to my own view of everything. So yeah, I did become less lonely but in exchange I stopped writing. I think I'm afraid that I'll end up regressing, I've always had the tendency to regress to a former train of thoughts.
So what happened, how are you now?
I love how your content is something I’m passionate about but to the point where I don’t want to burn out by paying too much attention, making every single video feel fresh
Agreed
*_When you forget sadness, you will never be happy. When you forget your true purpose, be it for inspiration or entertainment, that is why you end up with depression. When you are blinded by the expectations of others, you lose your voice._*
*_The only feeling I had to endure the whole life of reaching my dreams and finding my purpose to create was an endless sea of rage and anger. It stemmed from those who dislike my goals, and despite the support, I feel like behind my back, they were not sincere. It did not feel like love to me, but resentment of the modern world we live in._*
*_And I kept living with that anger. I even try to channel it to my art, to let out my rage and hatred just to empty myself. It's been years since I started hiding my anger from everyone else, wearing a false smile because they said that I cannot express anger, hatred, or even a single tear. All I can draw out to make them all shut up is to reveal the horrors through words or art (Even if I did not have enough guts to try and draw something horrific)._*
*_They won't believe it, but others will understand it. Not everyone has to believe in a certain ideal. As a young Creator, like everyone else who wants to follow the legends of the art realm, I still wish to keep the purpose of inspiration close to heart. Even there are those who need guidance._*
_"I rather walk the infinite empty world rather than the narrow gate that leads to a dead end." - Me_
I have been watching a lot of your content. This video spoke to me more than anything else you have published. the "belly song lens" gave my a way to understand my break from religion to pursue a secular life. the "Belly song lens" gave me motivation to purse my art projects again. I think you could create a whole philosophical self help/self-actualization movement based on this principle. I know you found it profound enough to make a video essay... but i think it is profound enough to write a full length book... you know other than Raybearer of course.
Creativity pushed me out of my stagnant religion and creativity is helping me deconstruct. It's so cool to see people reclaim themselves outside of organized religion that holds us back from our full potential.
Never stop creating content.
I love your work.
The irony of talking about "creating content" when this video is about achieving a meaningful, inner creative life.
I'm glad i clicked on this video.... The idea of my purpose being something you want to continuously pursue never came across my mind. I've always feared the end of journeys i start because, what do i do afterward? What was the point of pursuing my purpose if it had an end? This video actually answered that. I actually think i can start writing now♥ Thank you for this story. It really was the stepping stone needed to begin for me. I certainly hope it inspires others and will continue doing so.
...and with that, I'm officially subscribed to your channel. So sorry it took me like 5 months to finally hit the button. This story did it for me :)
Several months ago, I finished a beautiful painting of an emanating divine woman who clearly represents the spirit of purpose. With her right hand she held the left ear of a male asian lion, and her left hand held the right ear of another asian lion. 🦁🦁🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
I really gotta read this book, It resonated a lot on my ribcage like an unfathomably big bell ringing in the middle of a populated city
"Contentment is the end and fulfillment is the constant beginning" I Truly needed that in my journey
I cried during this video and I'm still crying when I write this. I have depression for over 11 years and one of the biggest part of it was my existential crisis and wandering "Why am I living? Why I was born? What is my purpose?" and... the most funny and at the same time terrifying thing is that I knew exactly wat was my purpose... but I forced myself that I am not good enough to make it my life purpose. And by it I mean drawing. I was convinced that I have to bee like second Michale Angelo and a pop star in one person. But I was not... so I was trying to abandon that purpose, wandering why my purpose is not being an acountant or office worker... or even graphic designer in some kind of studio, wchich was somehow conected with my passion for drawing. But all that time I felt need to draw things that appear in my mind - magical things, sad things, nerdy things and most of all beautifull things, and that I have to make money from it becouse I have too many ideas to draw and not enough time. But I still didnt want to do it. It was like fighting with your own physical needs and hating yourself for those needs. I was feeling that I have to draw but instead I was asking WHY I feel that and why I cant be NORMAL. It was making me miserable. If not my amazing therapist I would be like this forever, but since I accepted that, that I dont have to be the beast artist in the world to make art my purpose... I realised that I don't actually need to make a lot off money, have million followers online or even find boyfriend, to just want to live. And when like... 2-3 weeks ago I started drawing again, everyday, not a big drawing, small and messy sketches of something I really love... I really started to feel... good. Not amazing, not extremely happy, just good. And this is huuuge change for me! Month ago I wanted to die so hard that it was difficult for me to do anything. Now I am posting my art again at social media, showing other people stuff I love and found beautiful and planning to reopen my little shop at etsy because I know that there are in the world people who would like to buy my cute illustration with unicorns and fairies. I know making enough money from art to live is extremley difficult, but I know also that if I stop trying to make my life around art... I will once again want to die.
I agree but only to some extent. If you get too caught up in the search of that mythical "purpose of life" you can forget to be grateful for what you have and forget to live in the moment. I knew people who ended their lives because they couldn't find their purpose... If done wrong it can turn into a very selfish way of living in which you are constantly focused on yourself, your needs, your desires. I am not saying you need to ignore those things, of course not, but don't get too caught up in this process. Don't forget to be happy that you can live another day, that you have family/friends/beloved ones, be grateful for the little things in life. They can bring as much joy and as much fulfilment as the mythical "purpose".
I think this UA-cam channel is the reason I’ve started reading again. I haven’t touched a book (other than training manuals) in years. I’m currently reading Sun Tsu. The intro is a hundred pages long! But it helps give you a surface level view of Chinese history before diving into the complicated world of Chinese warfare.
How do you write stories which have their antagonist as the other’s protagonist? Like a double story where both antagonist and protagonist start out in the same place, get to hate each other due to ideological difference, and separate, only to return later?
Love this video btw... needed it for quite some time.
Agreed
As a person who struggled with the whole concept of "Who am I and what am I meant to do?" since I was 17, I'm going to share some of my thoughts and hopefully it will help someone out there!
My purpose is to ease the suffering of those around me. (I'm not claiming to be the best person ever, but I try my best like everyone else.) I became a veterinarian because people find comfort in animal companionship. I dabbled in writing and voice acting to give words and a voice to the things I worked through myself, just in case it helps someone else too. I suffered because I thought that I had to become a paragon in those "fields" in order to have any impact on anyone. In order to matter. I HAD to become a great vet because I was smart and I COULD do it. I HAD to become a succesful writer because I COULD put words together in a pleasant way. I HAD to do voice acting in big projects because I COULD manipulate my voice well enough. According to others, I COULD, so I HAD to. Any other choice, any other "path" was wrong. And people around, unknowingly, reinforced that. "Hey Jim, you're pretty good at this! Don't waste time and do something with it!"
So, I pushed myself. I pushed myself further that I should have. I was not pursuing my purpose, but running away from failing it. It was exhausting, both physically and, especially, mentally. All those "cool abilities" I had, had become a burden that I had to drag with me, every single breathing moment of my day. I became depressed since "I have no hope of achieving my purpose, so why bother with anything, really?"
Piece by piece, "I" was almost gone and I left behind the guy who could do those things well enough to warrant his existence... I was like this for a couple of years, stuck in a limbo of "He could do more if he wanted." and "I don't have the will to try anymore."
Until I met some wonderful people who looked at me and said "I don't care what you mean to be, I don't care if anyone else thinks you're cool and all. I think you're cool!" It sounds rather simple if you think about it, but I slowly started realizing that I was looking for a forest without acknowledging the trees that were around me. It was almost like a "click" in my brain. "Hey, you can say that 10 trees is a reaaally small sample of a forest, right? So technically speaking, I found a forest. Let's make this grow!" And so I focused on that. One animal at a time. One line at a time. One recording at a time. A smile. A "that helped!"
And, at last, everyone was happy...
I am going to be screenshotting and dissecting this video for a personal wallpaper. I am one I have been struggling with stagnating and looking for some visualizable message to have as a daily reminder. Right now my phone background is an eye with stars reflecting in it cause my wife told me "even if you can't see the stars in your eyes, I can." I've had an image in my mind of what I want and with bits of this video I know I can make it
Edit: So thank you for this
This is actually the base to answer Nihilism.
For those that can accept a world without a god's will to follow this is actually what may give them purpose.
God literally approves in that manner too. Jesus's greatest delight, he said, is in fact Charity. "To love thy brother as thyself" and "To be your brother's keeper" to name a few consistent ways he coined it.
I feel that we as Christians, honestly, focus way too much on the bible, too much as to blind *real* spiritual perception, for the actual purpose we've been placed for in it of itself. To be a follower of Jesus Christ and "go about doing good."
@@brittonwhite8122 I'm gonna cut this short:
dealing with the unfalsifiable is a waste of time and every god that humanity invented is falsifiable and has been proven to not exist.
@@Italian_Isaac_Clarke Well, if anything it gives me purpose I guess.
I also think there can be an answer lying in the prospective realm of physics, being that God is always quoted as a "higher being" and a lot of the time angels are termed a lot to the nature of "four" or "four-sided".
Seeing that we can just barely fathom a 4-dimensional square, who knows what's outside out world. But, yeah I'm still no mastermind on this, and really It's just a ponderable that has little to no use.
I'll stop talking now /:
you're free to deem me crazy if you want
@@brittonwhite8122 Dimensions is the simplest way in which we can categorize space. X, Y and Z are not "le magic coding of our universe" but just directions. Saying "a 4D object" or "a 2D object" is completely ilLogical because there are only 3, the ones we invented to describe space.
Time is merely the observation of matter changing. If nothing changes anymore, if no more light travels, if "space does not expand" or whatever it is that is happening stops then time would stop existing. Yes, technically it would still pass, but internally there'd be no way to measure it and it'd be basically useless to do so because there could be no change.
"Time and Space" are not God's coding, but merely reality and how we interpret it.
Language is a great tool, but if mislearned, misused or if one is just confused it can be a prison which not only makes you blind to what's in front of you, but even to the very concepts themselves.
@@Italian_Isaac_Clarke That was more of just something to wonder about. I wasn't trying to make an argument bro (look at my original comment above)
I went through this here in college. I chose a field I wanted, but all the trials and tribulations made me question why I wanted to make a career of art. Recognition? Mastery? all these difficult challenges whittled away all my logic until only what's left is the core of my self-concept. I found that i just had this innate need to share. When i find something beautiful or compelling or wonderous, i want to share it with other people. Art school is rough but atleast I got that out of it. So reflect on why you do things and maybe you can save on a lot of money from art school.
I cry not for victory, nor do I weep for defeat but sing for a purpose to pursue.
This video made my cry in the best possible way. I think people often forget that artists are people too, they live their lives between the passionate moments of creation too. Everyone, artist or not have their good and bad moments. Everyone has the potential to the spark of purpose and to burn out, but as long as we can feel the need of something more, something better, a goal to achieve or a thing to be doing, depression and burnout can be eased. It's not a battle you have to fight one time, you have to want to win every day, and on some days you'll fail and those are the times, you must not give up your desire. This is a friendly reminder to remember the spark and sing your belly song again.
The bellysong story makes me feel strange because, according to my parents, I didn't cry when I was born. I just stared.
can't believe you swalled that coal like it was nothing. inspirational 😔✊
@@shirleytheawesome or did i swallow it at all? food for thought
I like your idea of a purpose as a flame that burns... not a goalpost. If you asked me what I love to do, what makes me burn with passion, joy, enthusiasm, I could tell you. But if you asked me my purpose, I couldn't answer, because I don't know how to "apply" it in a way that is considered "constructive". This helped me understand that I don't have to worry so much about how to apply my talents, but only that I do. The doing in and of itself could guide me to the answer.
"The quiet song is still a song..." I loved this line, and this video! Thank you for making it. The voice you use, is it AI generated?
Honestly, i cannot thank you enough for this video. i've spent a lifetime creating in word and painting, and even without anything anyone else would see as success, i have gotten to live singing deep from the belly. tyty i needed the reminder.
I LOVE the recognition that not everyone has the luxury to act on their purpose on a grand world changing way. I thought exactly that way before it was stated and there is a certain comfort in hearing you say it that made me shed tears.
I am an incoming college student that, due to several circumstances, cannot pursue my desired course. My "bellysong," being a veterinarian, is the combination of my greatest good, being able to understand and connect with critters, and my best desire, being able to aid in giving whatever I understand their needs are.
It was my childhood dream, my wails as a child. I was told that I have this immense capacity to understand them and I took it and treasured it. I guess the best I can do now is helping them the best I can when they come to me. I will continue humming my bellysong.
This is my first video from this channel and I am ever so thankful that this is how imintroduced to your content. This reached me on a number of levels. Thank you
This truly hit home with me, in my journey i struggle to find the words for the questions in my mind and heart.
Hearing this helps me answer question I knew I had but didn’t know how to ask..
Thank you,and I love you.
A couple things to say:
First, remember a Masterpiece was the work apprentices did to graduate. It was supposed to be their worst work as an individual artist.
Second, I strongly encourage everyone to look into the science of creativity. John Cleese talks about it. Or look up Dr. Puccio's TED talk. There are processes that can help you sing your belly song. Don't get trapped in your head thinking you have to reinvent the wheel.
This is beautiful. It made me cry in a good way. Thank You!
Love this video, it's so well done. I did some study on 'purpose' for a while and came to similar conclusions. Discovered things like Ikigai - the japanese concept for a happy/purposeful life, as well as aspects about what it looks like. For example, it can end up as a big grand 'thing' in the future, but I feel one concept is missed, and isn't asked a lot. It's: 'What is your purpose right now?', instead of the question: 'What is your purpose?'
This also includes other factors such as goal setting and how you plan on fulfilling a 'need' or 'purpose'. For me, I was shown a lot about purpose through The Bible. As purpose can be such a big thing, there are two verses I find really good: Jeremiah 29:11-13 (the most commonly used one), and Psalm 138:8 (one of my favorites, and not used as often). I also find that purpose must not only fill a need in the world, but in the person as well, it must satisfy the person, an aspect of showing you love God and others, as The Bible would put it. It must act as like an internal drive, fuel source and desire that you're not willing to give up on, but you're willing to fight for, irrespective of what others say.
Oh, and also, purpose, for lack of a better term, is a joyful journey, it's not exactly meant to have an end, it is meant to continue to grow, that or grow and reproduce, to leave a legacy after it that helps it continue to grow through others who are just as passionate once your time is over. I would say it has milestones, but not an end, and that's meant to be a good thing, because it keeps you excited, hopeful, and joyful for what comes next.
For me personally, I think creativity depends on how vivid your imagination is and how bored you are. For example, when you're bored and have nothing to do, you start imagining things that don't exist. Curiosity emerges after you've imagined things that don't exist.
It’s hard taking that leap of faith. It feels like people talk about purpose, but it feels like empty words. I think a lot of life people summarize in empty words. We need to just start. Stephen King said “It’s the good ideas that stick.” You only have a minute to decide what you want in life, and those ideas will stick and you can make them better. Things go over drafts in your head, but even ideas that stick never happen if you don’t just try making it. The perfect story might never be told, don’t let that story be yours.
This is the only channel that I do not play on double speed. The writing and narration is so well done here, the tempo is a big part of what makes this content so good. Well done guy!
This feels very much like Stoicism, particularly the so-called Serenity prayer: Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. Be happy with what you can do, not with what you think you HAVE to do.
finall figured out the specific way i experience dysphoria. Wherever I am, whoever I'm with, whatever I'm doing, whenever I'm awake, a loneliness is always there. Sometimes bonecrushing and sometimes lightweight but always there, this loneliness follows me regardless for it's myself I'm missing.
I know it isn’t your specialty but just thought an interesting idea to explore is story telling through sound. As someone who has been a musician 10 years and now studying music, story telling is a huge part of what it is we do. How to evoke feelings and thoughts and even places.
It’s a beautiful story that teaches that by finding purpose you can end endless self doubts about yourself!
For my case, I wonder… what did her mother do to her after she broke the curse on her father? Did her father left the family as he was no longer bounded by the curse.
This is my case not looking for the purpose but rather facing what my purpose brought to me, because not having a purpose, blinding following an idea that was implanted on me, or having a purpose that no one can grasp what it is, leading you to have doubts seems to me to be the same concept, you end pretty much where you started!
Though a solution I found, but can’t really execute is knowing that whatever I do, even if it’s something that others implanted on me or my own purpose, is taking joy, pride, you will never be certain of what will happen until you do, you will always have regrets, but knowing all of this and still keep going taking pride on what you did no matter what! After all there is no courage without fear!
I just wonder, how can I do that, how can I take joy on a purpose that greatly destroy myself on the process, it will benefit others yes, and the thought of others being helped by what I did makes me happy, but what about those around me that was hurt while I was on my purpose? There will be always happiness followed by sadness, there will be always love followed by hate, we can’t feel a particularly emotion without feeling its opposite!
PS: What I meant by all of this? Honestly take whatever you can, when I saw the video I thought it would be something about, how being a creative person leads you down a rabbit hole…
the first half of this video really helped me. Recently I have been feeling a bit down, not really happy to write. But now I feel like I can maybe start to write again. Even if it sucks. You can't edit a blank page after all
I think my Core is the absorption of knowledge, constantly learning and growing my mind's tool set.
Then when I create something I expel this knowledge out.
Making connections between things of different fields or content that at first seem unrelated.
When I try to make a story, I run into one of two problems. I either A, get stumped on what to do with it(whether it's coming up with an ending or making sense of characters and narrative), or B, I go batcrap insane and take the story into bombastic directions to the point where I have to struggle to remember how I even started it(those are the ones I work on the most).
I love the parallels between "purpose" here and the concept of ikigai.. Never stop creating content.I love your work..
Your purpose is your identity. Or your identity is your purpose; it's not clear which one comes first, but they end up the same. If you truly *identify* as a writer, if "I am a writer" is the sentence that brings the most clarity to your existence, then you'll willingly sacrifice anything to preserve it. Because when your identity breaks, whatever it was, life becomes hollow and meaningless, and death feels like a mere formality. A real identity crisis is no joke, and many don't survive it.
But you *CAN* change your identity. Most of us do, several times. We rarely do so consciously, but we can. A key component of therapy, for example, is often gently nudging the client's identity in a more healthy direction. Changing who they are, changing their purpose. Often we see it as "finding" our purpose or "finding" ourselves, as if the purpose was something independent that we stumble upon if we're lucky.
For better or worse, you make your identity and your purpose. You construct it at the intersection between what you most deeply want, what you're willing to work to become, and what you believe is possible.
The key isn't to widen your search, the key is to think about what is within your ability to manage. If your identity is within your control, then it will never break. You can't make yourself a successful author, but you can make yourself someone who writes every day. You can't make yourself a teacher, but you can make yourself someone who enjoys teaching. You can't make yourself loved by all, but you can make yourself someone who shows kindness to everyone.
Build your identity, build your purpose, and you'll find meaning in being the person you chose to become.
The example of food was perfect, we feel hunger everyday, we feel the need to eat all the time, and no matter if you eat today, later on you will feel the need to eat again, and again and again everyday.
It's something we feel the need and we make the effort to make it tastier and delicious, if we go after our purpose the same way, he will never grow cold, you will warm it everyday, and the fire born from this need to eat more, to know more, this constant desire to improve and keep doing it, this love when sincere will never go away, and will always taste delicious when you put real effort at it.
I wouldn't call myself an artist yet, but I want to be. I don't think of bad feelings as the price of art and it being necessary for being a Martyr or anything like that.
Sometimes when I feel bad and others try to cheer me up, I don't want them to. I want to be left alone and think things out, think about what I want to do, about how I want to do it. I want to feel these emotions and get to know myself better so I can eventually create better things
I'm writting a story about reflections of myself. The main reflection is actually a blue humanoid slime that appeared to punish the other older reflection of myself since i became cold and aimless. 4 years ago, I became a young adult and when i was able to go in college, i was lost. No idea what to study, what is actually interesting in life ? i was just playing video game and making some story in my head while getting my grade. I didn't had any purpose, i didn't have any dream and soon, i didn't had any hope. Even today, i'm still unsure. That slime is a slime because it stick with me since that night where i realised that i was without a purpose, without a fire. At first he was not a slime, he was a human being that gradually decay, losing skin, muscle and even his sight during his birth. He was just there to spread the celestial truth toward the other reflection and i and they only felt pain. The rain felt upon the monster and he absorbed the water, spliting in a being of smoke and ash, the remaining darkness, and into a blue slime that decided to forget all his origins and try to seek a purpose for himself while living in my headspace. I like how sometimes when i'm writing that story, i find similar element in other media, like the blue bird of hapiness (witch is not the bird creating hapiness but a bird giving the celestial truth) or the fact that in that belly song story, the purpose is all arround a coal burning, like the dark ash smoke being i made. The slime in the end of the story will even transform more like an etheral blue fire, becoming my purpose : making his world and his friends real and visible trough any piece of media. And trough that journey both in the story and irl, i will learn new thing, meet new people and find new purpose. For now, i'm just living with a sticky friend call Nash Limus.
Sorry about the bad english, i'm french ^.^'
I make notes just like this.
Describing what i see and i want the be there.
My problem:- never actually writing tho.
Any tips?
@@_SomyaY well it's only very recently that i started to write the backstory of the actual story of my character. I started to write because i think i was like, hey i have way too much idea and i'm sometimes forgetting some, so let's try to make a first iteration. My dream would be to make a video game out of it, a game witch a mix of Omori and Oneshot. But currently, it's nothing more than just some line...but i'm currently making a video witch will have a custom delatune mod with some custom sprite and a special mod i'm currently strugelling to make.
Before making notes or write, i was just doing some roleplay with a few friends and i made that story, personal. Even today i'm proscrinating a bit on the video, improving the other footage but not make that last game mod since i have almost no idea how to make it. But very slowy i get new hint. I think it's perhaps trying to do it, even if it's small, it build up.
Thank you. And Farewell. The one who returns will be different from the one who arrived. Thanks to you.
Thank you for this video. It speaks deeper than what I expected.
thank you. it is so easy to forget that any art, even if its not your best, is important
I'm in tears! Thank you, I want to make art that reaches people, but all I need is to make art at all. It's been really hard but maybe it can be easier..
Be creative in the worst. It's not a painting. it's facing the most flawed of people and making them into a picture.
There's a "right" way to do some things. Often not what people assume. Being creative means hard situations. Hard choices. consequences. In this something meaningful can be made. Even if it's dark and twisted it can become something beautiful.
Reason and purpose. That is art.
Tale Foundry, you have no idea how much this video has touched me....thank you very much.
gosh darn it, you guys are make amazing vids, but your sponsors are crazy, I never end up skipping them just because of how well you integrate it into the video
What a well made video. I feel I have found your channel exactly when I needed it and by accident at that. +1 subscriber for this brilliant channel.
The idea of a belly song is a neat way to think about creative drive. For instance when I finish a game I HAVE to talk about it to someone. It ignites something deep in my core and I have to satiate that fire by professing how cool a story or a set of mechanics were. And that same fire is something I simultaneously need to keep burning because I feel it's where I draw my inspiration from at 2 in the morning staring at an empty page. Like I'm burning up every piece of media I've ever consumed and staring into the fire to find a new story.
I guess the way I just am and the inevitable rollercoaster with more downs than ups for most of my life saved me from getting locked into a place I didn't even belong.
I had a time where I thought art was my calling, but oh boy got I lucky not to achieve anything with it, because I can't draw, not even doodle unless I really feel an urge to do so and that's almost exclusively when I need it as an outlet for complicated emotions.
one thing I've learned due to the constant shifts and changes in places, jobs, people around me were that there is literally no reason to strictly settle for one thing, place, whatever when you don't even know if you'll keep it. regardless if it's taken from you or you're just ready to move on. life isn't a straight line and I had to learn that the hard way before age 22.
at least all that pushing and shoving and being stuck within my own head helped me to find my _purpose_ so to say, cuz there is a desire, an itch within me that I have as long as I can remember. it's silly to me now that I did see the rebellious, stubbornness able to break through mental walls and imprint that same strenght onto those around me as a bug, not a feature.
This is one of the best and most important videos on YT...
This was eye opening! My understanding has greatly expanded! Thank you!
This really goes into detail about how we make problems by trying to use more ambition than what we got and we make it a curse on ourselves because we are putting more into it then what we got making it more sraning for us.
When this happens. Try and relax into it. DO NOT FORCE it. It's like going for a dump don't strain or push too hard otherwise you'll be left with a pain in the arse that will throw off your mental focus and the whole joyful release of the process. By the same token consuming a certain diet, some mind-fibre if you will. This will shift it that little bit more easier.
Detachement is my greatest art. The art of, when something doesn't make me happy, simply stop.
Art is the only thing that makes me happy honestly. If I don’t have art, what’s the point of waking up. There is some thing about making art that is the equivalent of creating life. My Work is like my children. Even more, when I am doing art, I am exploring worlds outside of the normal reality that we deal with. It is like having some sort of a teleportation device, but only I can go through it. Art doesn’t take away from me, or get into my happiness. art is my happiness. Art is Me. My tool of choice is capturing light, or as my mother used to call me, a light bender because even as a small child, I was obsessed with controlling the speed of light using my shutter on my camera.
Your voice is magical. The sound alone gets me into writing mood
My purpose is communication. Self-expression. I know that much. But I have been afraid of pursuing any more solid idea of my purpose because I am afraid that if I find it, it will just become yet another thing I am failing to do and another reason to hate myself.
So just find something good that you can be addicted to. I already know what passion is and the "where, when, and with what tools." I just have to be patient until I start writing fiction for a living.
Beautifully written, produced and narrated. Thank you
This has been the kind of message me and my mother appreciate a lot. Thank you
I wonder, is our purpose our greatest desire? Do we wish to help others because it is our desire and we chose that to be our purpose? I'm not sure if this makes sense or not but I ponder this question a lot. Besides this question I would like to say that I enjoyed your video very much, it was easy to learn and it makes me ponder even more questions.
Thank you... I really needed these words right now~
This video was *very* resonatory; your purpose being your greatest good and your best desire. It's honestly the exact *opposite* of what religions like Christianity teach, that being that your purpose is (their) gods plan for you; and considering the Abrahamic religions are *happy* to lie to people in order to *control* them, I'm *down* for that. It also helped me to even *better* understand quotes about carving your *own* fate I've heard a *lot* in media like videogames and anime, and better understand the quote of something putting a fire in your belly.
Alas, not to make an excuse to *not* fight it, but it's a real *uphill* battle to keep that fire in your belly burning in a world that seems Hellbent on *dousing* it and *forcing* you to be content with the way things are and conform to it; all that to say, even though our purpose is *within* , we can't *completely* ignore the without either, as it can both help us *realize* our purpose, *and* prove to be a threat to it.
Thank You❤I needed that🌹
It is a price I’m willing to pay if it means creating worlds I can look back on and enjoy in my old age. The remnants of my childhood that are worth remembering.
wow this really hits home
This looks wonderful
Purpose is cruel.
If it dosent actually exist people are lying to each other, creating empty hope and sorrow.
If it does excise then a large amount of people will live in places or have reason why it’s impossible to achieve.
You don't "achieve" a purpose though-you strive toward it. You "get there" by trying hard every day, regardless of how close or far you are from any result
-Benji, showrunner
6:11
it reminds me of a series called Our Flag Means Death
basically is this exact statement, but with pirats
Salute to the King of english, The emperor of Storytelling, What English teachers wish they were. Salute to my lord.
"Enchantment is the means through which we may gain access to sacredness. Entertainment is the means through which we distance ourselves from it." - Neil Postman
I know what I want to do, I just wish I was brave enough to start. I worry too much about what other people think. I had a close family friend mentor my creative writing, and honestly I think it did more harm than good. I want to create and tell my story in the way only I can, not in my mentor's way. ❤
The “magical” fire in your belly is due to the heavy consumption of potassium chlorate, sulfur, fillers and glass powder and the fact that these chemicals were lit before the consumption.
I had given up on your channel and listening to your delivery. This one brought me back, I gotta say.
I had realized this point recently, especially about flow of creativity rather than the end product. It was nice hearing it from someone else, like realizing it all over again.
Thank you. My whole life I've felt like I've doing my perpose.
Video is basically done by 6:11
Lets say I am nicer to those around me.
I still have hours to spend in the day. I may not be an artist in a literal sense either.
What you are saying is very digestible and it being dumbed down makes it more digestible. But I am unsure. Things are complicated. Like if you tell someone in a toxic relationship, just be kinder to those around you. So this might be a simple appeal to make. The truth is reality is complicated. But that complication does not need to take your eyes off of what matters. And some arbitrary goal might be good to do anyways, just not at the expenses it had cost prior. It lets you know, you in fact, *can* do the thing. And you can do other things. So not quite sure I agree with you. The real issue is you overworked yourself to attain your dream. The dream wasn't the issue, and perhaps you regret the activities because the reward was not sweeter for the sacrifices you imposed.
So I suppose, there are real considerations there I have now because of this video, so thanks for that. Why work for a youtube channel, when its going to get swamped by bots anyways?
I whole heartedly love you.