Doing Creative Work

Everyone who reads this blog knows I love This American Life. Well, on one of the many times I'm surfing around YouTube, I come across this interview of Ira Glass (the host)where he talks of how there's often a lag between one's taste level and the actual moment when one's creation meets it. What's most frustrating about this process to creative types is that one is fully aware of how much one's efforts suck. And this is when most people quit out of frustration. But he advises them to keep at it, to do as much work as they can, because it ultimately gets better. here's the actual interview (he has a funny voice but just keep with it):



Nowadays, the closest thing I do creatively is work on my condo. But though I no longer draw, or paint, or create pieces, I feel like my medium is my life. I work hard to do meaningful work, to volunteer, to find meaningful relationships, and to stay fit. I'm constantly creating, forming my life to standards that I've set according to my "taste level". Sometimes though, I look at my life and say "It sucks!It's not what I set out to do." But all I can do is to keep at it, to keep doing work, and (hopefully) to not quit.