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Ira Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org)

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What it is

A two-minute video of Ira Glass on the creative process, describing the gap between taste and skill when starting out and urging you to keep producing until your work matches your taste.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared as encouragement for beginners learning design or craft, on persisting through the taste-skill gap.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2015

What HN commenters said

  1. “You learn how to differentiate between good and bad much faster than you learn how to create good.”

    Ira Glass on the gap between taste and skill when starting out.

    joeld42, 2012-11 · Recommendation · in “2D Game Art for Programmers”

  2. “Ira Glass articulates this well describing the creative process”

    Ira Glass articulates how taste develops through repetition and practice.

    cooop, 2013-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: I'm an engineer, how do I learn design?”

  3. “Push through and keep practicing until your skill matches your taste.”

    Advice to keep practicing until skill matches your taste.

    tswartz, 2015-01 · Recommendation · in “What Doesn't Seem Like Work?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ira glass, creativity, taste, practice, motivation

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