Impressions of Storytelling
In reference to : "Ira Glass on Story telling 3", which can be found on youtube, and is short 5 minute excerpt of a larger body of work in which he shares insight into his success as public radio personality. In the clip Ira explains how most of us pursue creating because we are passionate about a certain designed medium, and we possess "good taste". Yet, often times as we pursue our own practice, in the early to medium years of professional work, we are unable to create examples that fit our personal standards and expectations. Even if this isn't something all creatives can relate, to every artist can recall a handful of projects from their early years of experience, that just didn't hit the mark but had the potential to be something great. Glass affirms that this is a natural part of the creative process, and that his "gap" between what he found to be fitting of good taste, and his own personal production didn't close until much later into ...