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The Gap


Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

"All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions." -Ira Glass


What drove me to post this inspiring video is the fact that one work of mine has been finally put up in EDSA. It's like a milestone to be celebrated, but it falls under the kind of work that you're not really very proud to show... not because it's that bad, it's just trying to be good.

I am not going to name-drop that certain brand, and I have to say that the artist does not always have the call on how can it be done solely, there are a lot more people involved in the creative process. 

This is just the beginning and so I hope and pray that in the near future, I'll get past the stage where I just work for the sake of getting the job done but because it was something well-thought, planned and done in a tasteful manner. I kind of miss working but when I do work again, I'll make more works of art I can be truly proud of.

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