{"id":61,"date":"2007-02-24T07:04:35","date_gmt":"2007-02-24T13:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/angel\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2007-02-24T07:40:25","modified_gmt":"2007-02-24T13:40:25","slug":"the-celebration-of-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angelsdesk.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"The Celebration of Crap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nDamian
\n09 February 2007<\/div>\n

For Valentine’s Day, Matt bought me an iPod. He received one as a present from his parents for Christmas, and I thought it was really cool. (Apple owns<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0industrial design. Everything they create looks sleek and cool and sexy.)<\/p>\n

While playing with my sexy (hot pink, by the way) new iPod, I suddenly had the overwhelming desire to create a podcast.\u00c2\u00a0 How fun would that be?!<\/p>\n

But what would I podcast, I thought to myself.\u00c2\u00a0 (Is “podcast” a verb?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s difficult to keep current with all the emerging net jargon.)\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t want to do a show like Sam has done<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 My talents don’t lie in that direction.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I thought, I can read something!\u00c2\u00a0 But I can’t use copyrighted material, so I would have to read my own work.<\/p>\n

Well, that sounds like a lot of fun!<\/p>\n

At least, that’s where the idea began.\u00c2\u00a0 Fun.\u00c2\u00a0 But then I began to worry.\u00c2\u00a0 What if it’s crap?\u00c2\u00a0 What if I create something that is utter crap?\u00c2\u00a0 The fear of creating something subpar — something that people will point to and say, “Whoa, what loser created that<\/em>?” — kills the idea… dead.<\/p>\n

And then I do nothing.\u00c2\u00a0 I attempt nothing.\u00c2\u00a0 My life, which is finite, is wasted in fear.<\/p>\n

Bruce Willis and Russell Crowe may not be the best musicians, but at least they actually did<\/em> something instead of letting fear strangle their dreams.\u00c2\u00a0 There is some really terrible art and stories floating around on the internet, but I say, Good job, people!\u00c2\u00a0 You were brave and\u00c2\u00a0you created.\u00c2\u00a0 F*** the critics!\u00c2\u00a0 Dream and do!\u00c2\u00a0 Follow your bliss!<\/p>\n

I’m thinking now that the title of this blog entry should be “F*** the critics.”\u00c2\u00a0 It’s so easy to point out mediocrity.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s so easy to belittle, but through belittling we destroy the creations of others and the unmade creations\u00c2\u00a0within ourselves.<\/p>\n

Now that I have children, I realize how important it is to encourage fledgling attempts.\u00c2\u00a0 Lily is not good at using her spoon, but I tell her what a great job she is doing as she spills food everywhere because she is<\/em> doing a great job.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s learning through doing.\u00c2\u00a0 If I expected her to be able to use a spoon expertly on her first try and criticized her when she didn’t, all I would be doing is destroying her confidence.\u00c2\u00a0 She would no longer attempt new things.<\/p>\n

So create.\u00c2\u00a0 Nurture your fledgling attempts.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s better to create, whatever the final quality may be, than to live in fear.<\/p>\n

Since my children are so very young right now, it may take awhile for podcasts to show up on this site, but they will.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh yes, they most definitely will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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