This is great. One of the things I say to my wife all the time, which is taken from a Kurt Vonnegut quote, is that "I don't have to be good at my hobbies".
I started to see them on IG a few years ago when I used it a lot more than I do now
the "positive power electronics" music thing is a take I don't think I had seen before (though it must be more uncommon than rare), and it's delightful
I think a lot about the "it's easier to destroy than create" thing, to paint a dystopia than a eutopia, n the Let's Paint work is an interesting reflection on that
"On the other hand, if we can’t accept failure in our hearts, we’ve already lost. Not only do we deny ourselves the possibility of succeeding (and what is success in art but a chance to enjoy ourselves and connect with people?), but from experiencing the process and all that it has to teach us. We have to embrace it all or embrace nothing."
This is just another way of pampering and making people insensitive or oblivious to what is desirable and what is not, what is progress and what is not. Saying whatever you do is right or no need to strive for improvement etc just for the sake of keeping them happy, is more harmful than telling them that they are doing it bad. People should learn to accept correct feedback, not expect total lack of it.
There is nothing called absolute success or failure, but there is a direction for improvement. You need to make sure to know which direction is improvement and which is not, and move in right direction. Correct feedback is important, just like what this my comment is doing.
Love this. I feel this narrative is woefully under-appreciated. I think there’s something beautiful about watching people who aren’t near the top of their field, “normal” people who are just trying to have fun. But that doesn’t make a good story usually. I’ve tried writing some fiction along these lines, and it requires quite a bit more narrative to convey.
The writer mentions Kilduff is a 'trained comedian'. Is that really something you can go to school and study? To me it came off as implying that was superior to being an untrained comedian.
> The writer mentions Kilduff is a 'trained comedian'.
This is the foundation that somewhat undercuts the message that failure is OK if not requisite.
That is, the latest YouTube episode of Let’s Paint TV, “Come to the promiseland”, is a chaotic performance piece that doesn’t “succeed” at painting (none is attempted), there are no actors other than Kilduff (except in digital post), the speech is improvisatory and halting, and the “music” is discordant. [0]
According to criteria of elite artistic production, “Come to the promiseland” is a “failure”. But judged as a spoken word performance piece that takes a wry look at the disappointments experienced by people who look to a “promiseland”, the performance is pure comedy gold, all the more successful due to its low-fi glitch-art aesthetics.
I've recently (last 3 years) begun writing fantasy novels and I'm now working on my sixth. What inspired me wasn't a beautifully written novel but a terrible one. The author had written many works and published them, all of which were trash. I thought, if this shmuck can do it then surely I can too. Turns out it was true. I now make it a habit of occasionally reading terrible writing. It's a great motivator!
I don't have to be the best writer in the world. I just want to be better than THAT guy.
I really needed to read this today. I have been avoiding tasks that I know will challenge me lately. I will be hopping on the treadmill to make bad art metaphorically speaking. Its hard to accept failure as a valid option, but I think it is something that I need to practice currently. I really need to stop taking myself so seriously.
Mr Let's Paint is also featured on WFMU 91.1FM / wfmu.org morning show "Wake n Bake" . On friday he does a "radio theater " version of his run paint cook inspiration thing. its amazing to hear .
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(maybe not the same as not worrying about failure)
beautiful art
I started to see them on IG a few years ago when I used it a lot more than I do now
the "positive power electronics" music thing is a take I don't think I had seen before (though it must be more uncommon than rare), and it's delightful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_electronics_(music_genre...
positive, as in, compared to, say, big name UK act Whitehouse https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0wDEjccTkHXUG52Cz...
fwiw, not all of it is that harsh!
there's a fair netradio for that style; https://www.radio-browser.info/search?page=1&order=clickcoun...
I think a lot about the "it's easier to destroy than create" thing, to paint a dystopia than a eutopia, n the Let's Paint work is an interesting reflection on that
Words of wisdom and inspiration.
There is nothing called absolute success or failure, but there is a direction for improvement. You need to make sure to know which direction is improvement and which is not, and move in right direction. Correct feedback is important, just like what this my comment is doing.
This is the foundation that somewhat undercuts the message that failure is OK if not requisite.
That is, the latest YouTube episode of Let’s Paint TV, “Come to the promiseland”, is a chaotic performance piece that doesn’t “succeed” at painting (none is attempted), there are no actors other than Kilduff (except in digital post), the speech is improvisatory and halting, and the “music” is discordant. [0]
According to criteria of elite artistic production, “Come to the promiseland” is a “failure”. But judged as a spoken word performance piece that takes a wry look at the disappointments experienced by people who look to a “promiseland”, the performance is pure comedy gold, all the more successful due to its low-fi glitch-art aesthetics.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYG0zxwjjRg
I don't have to be the best writer in the world. I just want to be better than THAT guy.
> “I don’t put too much stock in creativity. Creativity itself won’t get you very far, you can’t always rely on it. But you can rely on hard work”
Knowing John and the chaotic world of clay perhaps deepens the profundity here, but even on its own it’s advice I freely share with anyone.