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if there's something unnerving i've tried to meditate on lately, it's using the words "content" and "media." there's a remedy for that i've tried to administer: expand my definition of art, and stop deprecating my imagination by treating things as "content" >

but this is a two-way street: if a creator treats their work like content, and presents it like content, then is that how it's going to be? consumed, digested, and passed? >

i think those using words lends itself to the irony-posting (or sincere?) that goes into haphazardly calling things "peak" or "mid." if we can be reductive in thinking of the things we enjoy as a Prepared-For-Taste product, then it allows us to be reductive in how we weigh it in our heart and mind >

if i made something with love, and all someone (who still really enjoyed it) had to say was that it was "peak," would i feel deflated? the hard part is that, currently, i'm self-conscious of being reductive myself by saying all this now >

depends on the nature of the project you're on. settling on "good enough" is a mentality that will help you grow as an artist in the sense that for something to come together in its entirety you have to accept imperfection as it comes.

Art as a profession's all about balancing your own standards with consideration for time spent on a work, you may find yourself more often than not sinking far too much time into a single aspect of a project not realizing that there are other things in it that need more attention than refined detail