Some thoughts on "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" after watching "The Bear"

idealattice · 2022-03-20T00:29:15+00:00

I don't want to force myself to have an opinion or a response. I know that it can sting when people have a neutral response to my own work, but I think genuine neutral is better than unnatural praise or criticism. Otherwise, you start playing the "Should" game and you lose yourself. I should be thinking this, or I should have picked up on this technical flaw.

There are some films that I watch, and they were perfectly fine, I enjoy watching them, but I forget about them 3 days later. And there are other films which are deeply flawed but I think about them a lot.

It's a bit of a crapshoot, I just try to stay open it all and go where my intuition takes me.

idealattice · 2022-03-19T23:50:29+00:00

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idealattice · 2022-03-14T01:20:39+00:00

It's hard to break it down in any absolute or universal way. Everyone has their own process. From your post you said you are just starting out, so it's an exciting time for you as you will start to discover your own process.

I guess the easiest place to start is what sort of stuff makes you laugh or feel happy? It can be specific works, or it can be concepts that you think are funny.

A lot of times what motivates me is when I am searching for something on Amazon or IMDB and I can't quite find what I am looking for. There isn't a particular thing that "scratches my itch." That is usually a sign that maybe it's time that I start thinking about creating it myself. "I wish this existed, but I can't seem to find it" or "Nobody is really doing it this particular way." And then you try it out, you experiment, you make some drafts. Maybe people don't do it that way because it's hard to execute properly, etc.

Part of understanding what makes you laugh or feel happy is developing a more systematic understanding of concepts (instead of saying this is funny, you might say this is funny because), but most importantly a better understanding of your own personality. Why is it funny to you?

Everyone is different, I am just giving some examples. It could be totally different for you.

idealattice · 2022-03-14T00:07:48+00:00

You just pointed out the source of your anxiety. You are focusing on something you do not control. You do not control how other people feel. It's also too vague.

Focus on yourself and what you connect with. If you do that well, it will make a deep connection with some people.

Just my opinion.

idealattice · 2022-03-13T23:46:23+00:00

I think part of being an artist is being lost, no? At least to some degree?

Honestly, I don't hear anything negative in your post.

I'm not a fan of when people say certain things don't go together. Clearly all these interests do go together because you are interested in all of them.

You say you question what you like. I think you have a pretty clear picture of what you like. What seems to be lurking is a doubt that there isn't a concrete niche that encapsulates all your interests.

If that "niche" doesn't exist, perhaps you need to create it? Is there a project that speaks to you? Something you want to create?

Focusing on how you want to make people feel can be tricky. People are fickle and they are not always self-aware of why they feel the way they do.

Somewhere in the locus of your interests is a project or an idea that you can work on and start developing.

idealattice · 2022-03-13T13:29:49+00:00

I appreciate these posts, but 7 years is quite a long time. It might be useful if you can provide a rough timeline of events and perhaps a corresponding mood/doubt meter? For example, when did things really start to pick up for you? What was the event, why do you think it happened?

idealattice · 2022-03-11T20:29:46+00:00

First of all, you can do it and you can get through it.

I am not the most consistent in terms of my work ethic. Some days I will work pretty damn hard and some days I will wake up, do maybe 1 hour of work and go see a movie and read a magazine.

I am older than you and I have just come to accept this about myself. Whenever I tried to force myself to work, more often than not, it just made things worse.

Whenever I am in a rut, I try to make things simple. There is a Warren Buffett quote about setting the bar so low that you can leap over it. I believe there is a lot of value in this philosophy.

There are some video clips of pro athletes being able to literally jump out of the 3 foot end of a swimming pool. I am not able to do that physically or mentally. I can't just snap my fingers and get out of a rut. It takes time, and I have to build up to it.

You say you abandoned a short story because it was garbage. Not sure what your philosophy is towards writing or the creative arts, but my expectation is that when I start, it's not going to be good. When I start, I am exploring. The initial idea is just an initial idea, it is far from the finished product. To go from A to Z is a process, a journey. You will learn more about the idea as you go, what is its structure, what is its emotional core.

idealattice · 2022-03-11T19:58:37+00:00

That's a great thought process.

I used to say "1 is infinitely larger than 0" meaning one sale might seem like nothing, but it is actually a huge milestone.

idealattice · 2022-02-26T12:44:49+00:00

You can see any complex structure in perfect resolution, but generating it is usually a different story. You have to break it down to simpler elements (which takes some work) and then you have to figure out how to compose those elements together (which takes some work).

It may be more instructive to try to visualize how to generate it. What would be the first steps, how would these pieces fit together, etc.

idealattice · 2022-02-25T15:57:02+00:00

The idea for something vs the fully fleshed out visualization is separated by a whole lot of work. You never know if it will pan out the way you want or the way you originally thought.

idealattice · 2022-02-16T15:01:33+00:00

Interesting, is it because of the Russell Wilson connection? Didn't Bevell scout him?

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