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The creative process can feel like sh*t. · The Aligned Actor

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  Okaysothisisavideoforanybodywho'sinthemidstofsomekindofcreative
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  process and wants to fucking tear their hair out i am in that place i am
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  creating
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  somethingandifeellikethewholethingisshiteverybody'sgonnahateit
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  nobody's gonna like it it's not even gonna work like it's just garbage like
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  andall
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  my thoughts are garbage everything about it is garbage it's unclear and i
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  don't
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  SPEAKER_00: know what i'm doing and it feels just
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  SPEAKER_00: Awful.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's what I know.
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  Having been through this type of process before with other things that I've created,
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  SPEAKER_00: this stage is totally normal.
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  This is something that my brain just does as I'm creating something where it
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  tries
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  SPEAKER_00: to convince me that it's a piece of shit.
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  And so if you're in that place right now and need a witness,
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  hi,
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  I see you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're doing awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're doing the work.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it feels like crap right now, that's okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can do this.
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  SPEAKER_00: The creative process can be really fucking messy.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I want you to keep going.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can keep going.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can keep going.
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  One of the best tricks that I've ever figured out in terms of getting that
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  process
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  to stop feeling as messy and uncomfortable is to stop focusing on this is shit.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything's shit.
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  SPEAKER_00: This process is awful.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is horrible.
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  SPEAKER_00: You acknowledge that.
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  You're like,
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  oh God,
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  this is where I am and it's hard and I know that this will pass.
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  SPEAKER_00: But then you start focusing on why are you doing this?
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  SPEAKER_00: What is it that you want out of this creation?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why do you want to tell this story?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why do you want to put this piece of music out into the world?
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  SPEAKER_00: Why do you want to create this thing and share it?
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  SPEAKER_00: When you focus on the why,
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  SPEAKER_00: that usually takes the focus off of you and it puts it on the audience,
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  SPEAKER_00: somebody else,
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  thepeoplethatyou'regoingtoshareitwithandwhatitwillmeantothemand
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  what it could mean to them because we don't necessarily know what it's going
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  to
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  SPEAKER_00: mean to them,
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  SPEAKER_00: but what it could do for them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because that's usually why we're offering our art,
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  SPEAKER_00: our creativity,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever it is that we're offering into the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: So think about the other people that will benefit.
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  Think about why it is that you want to share this thing and put this thing out
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  into the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that might help.
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  SPEAKER_00: But again, I see you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know it's hard.
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  SPEAKER_00: We can do this.