I often loath the “fact” that I don’t have a proper space to create beyond blog posts but that just isn’t true. If I really wanted to create something, audio or video wise, I would just create without any care of the constant interruptions that continually pop up in my life and would inevitably appear in my recordings.
It’s really just an excuse. I feel like if the thing I am recording isn’t ‘perfect’ than it isn’t worth a viewers time. But yet getting something out there was the whole point of this website.
I wanted to make a website years ago but kept holding off because Word press / domain experts told me they would help me create the ‘perfect’ website so I wouldn’t get bogged down with the minute things that frequently occur when starting up a domain site so I just waited… And waited… and this happened for years because I was waiting for the perfect moment they talked about.
The perfect moment never came and I got fed up and started this website. It wasn’t perfect, I actually wasn’t even on a proper Word Press format and was instead on a Word Press template that limited my options. But at least I had a spot to share my knowledge!
Eventually one of the many experts took notice of my struggles and did help me out with configuring the domain to a proper status.
I feel ridiculous knowing I waited for years just for nothing to happen and I keep running into this excuse or standard that keeps popped up of ‘wanting to show something perfect’ when actually, if it is important enough or a key element, it should be shared immediately. awkward bits and all included.
Artists and designers often struggle to publish something that garners ‘interest’ when actually the story that follows the creation IS interesting. It shows what they started off with, the better version of it, and the near completed version of it that shows how much work they put into the creation.
Don’t let the idea of ‘I don’t have time to do that properly’ stop a creation or thought from being realized. Throw it out there in its barest form and come back to work on and define it later.
The audio attached isn’t ‘Podcast’ standard but it does contain my thoughts on this problem that constantly pops up whenever somebody says they have an idea but ‘don’t have the time to build it’. Even just publishing a brief concept is better than letting the idea waste away.
Here is the ‘script’ of the audio for anyone who doesn’t want to listen:
“Why do we have such great ideas but hold off on them because “I dont have the time for it.” It’s ridiculous! Moments can be captured on video, audio, or even photos and yet we don’t take the time to capture it because ‘we don’t have the time’ to do it even though the moment is right there for a brief period of time where it could really matter. It’s not a big burst that will destroy a boulder (usually) but often the small point of a chisel that has the most impact because it is the beginning of the creation.
They made statues from blocks of marble but it wasn’t just one big blow to the block that started the statue but a single nick in the block that could shave off the unnecessary pieces and reveal the creation inside.
Many people want to wait for perfection to showcase their idea, concept, or narrative but with the way things are progressing there isn’t time for perfection. Just getting it out there in any regard is better than ‘waiting for perfection’ of a product.
This is a time where people can immediately respond to any media and to wait until there is a document with all the details is created means you lost out on the conversation at the time. By the time it is brought up the conversation has already moved on to the next thing and unless there is someway to shift the conversation back to the previous topic than the momentum is lost, possibly forever.
I hate thinking ‘I need time to create this’ when the best time to create something is now.
Don’t wait for the moment, create the moment and the rest will fall in place around you because the divot made from the action will naturally bring things into it.“
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