Inspiration for Beginner Creatives

I’m posting this via Alex at ISO50, because I know there are a few visitors to this blog that should really be inspired by it…

Perhaps more than any other industry, learning to be a creative can be tough. You can become quickly disillusioned when you’re starting out and the pieces don’t fall into place right away. There are many, many reasons that this doesn’t happen, but when you invest a lot of yourself into your art, it’s easy to give up if it doesn’t meet your own high expectations.

I’m only just beginning to come to terms with this myself, and Ira Glass manages to say it in a far more lucid way than I am able. Whilst he is speaking about radio and video in this clip, it most certainly applies to anyone setting out to start work in the creative industries…

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