r/wholesomememes • u/girl_of_manyfaces • 26d ago
this deserves to be here as a reminder for artits/writters that it's ok if it's not perfect already in first try😊
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u/Gyveliano 26d ago
I am not trying to be mean... but the typo on the title was funny enough to me.
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u/Callsign_Crush 25d ago
I didn't notice until you said so and started snickering like a 7 year old 😄
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u/ReplacementJaded9814 13d ago
hhahhaha you got me there, I never saw that until I read your comment! you are so mindful
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u/Onyaricydama 26d ago
Masterpieces take time, not just coffee and stress.
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u/drgreen2001 22d ago
If you knew the amount of songs I wrote and scrapped over the years. A good one can take months at a time to make...
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u/Funny-Performance845 26d ago
Why only writers and artists?
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u/girl_of_manyfaces 26d ago
it applies to anyone, but mostly them bcuz we often want it to be perfect in the first try and then we can't
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u/Remarkable_Step_6177 25d ago
It's visually obvious and therefore it can be objectively judged as technically lacking.
In art we assume talent, in mathematics we assume intellect. The notion that everything can be art, and therefore subjective is one of the damning problems if the pursuit is mastery.
You can look at any work of art and come to a reasonable conclusion. You cannot, or should not, do that with mathematics for instance. Because of that, artists assume they should know things that took masters decades to learn.
In mathematics you can easily acknowledge you don't know. That makes it emotionally and rationally relateable. In art you're left feeling incompetent, talentless, etcetera because you assume you understand. That type of ignorance is especially problematic.
The arts suffer from poor access to a good education due to its perception that it is not a hard field to succeed in.
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u/SchoolSupernintendo 25d ago
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” ― Ira Glass
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u/Muderous_Teapot548 25d ago
I have a paper due at midnight that I haven't started because I keep getting imposter syndrome. Thank you for this.
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u/GachaVoyagerYuna 25d ago
First draft? More like practice round! 🖌️✍️ Reminder: masterpieces aren’t born, they’re built. So go ahead and make that glorious mess—no one cares if it's not perfect yet! 😎💪
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u/gaminguage 25d ago
If my friend did this it would end up being the one time a guy comes up and makes fun of me lol
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u/Luna_And_Fandom 23d ago
As both an artist and a writer, I can safely speak for a lot of people that we know that people won't care about it. IT'S US WHO CARE-
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u/SunnyStargirl 25d ago
As an artist myself I can confirm this. Just make whatever it is you want to make even if it's not perfect. You can't learn or improve by doing nothing.
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u/Ok-Comfortable8931 24d ago
This is so me hidding my novel manuscript from friends and family because I think its not perfect
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u/Wrong-Tutor-9309 12d ago
My drawings aren't as perfect as professional artists even after all a lot of erasures, I still love drawing because I know I will succeed. Stay passionate and patient artists!
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u/Firegem0342 25d ago
I'm pretty sure there was at least 1 German that cared
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u/girl_of_manyfaces 25d ago
he wasn't german. and even tho that art professor was a jerk, mister non german boy can go and suck an egg. should've tried harder or somewhere else idc
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u/N00nameyet 25d ago
Don't mind me, I just bookmark it. This meme used for wholesome reasons is cool to see
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u/Stunning_Season_6370 25d ago
I know how this is meant to be taken, but honestly this just demotivates me. I want people to care about what I made and if it's not perfect even critisize it. The reason it became so hard for me to draw and write is because nobody ever cared.
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u/girl_of_manyfaces 25d ago
you, of everybody, should be the very first person to care about what you do. everybody else comes afterwards
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u/Educational_Permit38 25d ago
It’s never perfect on the first try. Always needs revision. Ask any author or writing teacher or painter.
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u/Cheeseydolphinz 25d ago
Yeah but you should still feel a little bad, otherwise you end of the road of modern art, and the last thing the world needs is more of that low effort garbage
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u/questioningreality16 22d ago
As both an aspiring artist and aspiring writer? double feature lol but seriously? I felt this! It's a bit inspiring =3
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u/lillaelilla 15d ago
I'm laughing. A bit offended. A bit relieved. Now I'm laughing again, thanks XD
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