The Gap
A reflection on the gap between creative aspirations and initial skill level, encouraging persistence and volume of work to bridge the divide, as expressed by Ira Glass.
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“All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste,” says public radio personality Ira Glass. “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.”
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