AE Inspiration | Ira Glass On The Creative Process

LOVE IT!!! I knew exactly what he was talking about!! This really spoke to me!! Thanks for sharing!! :-)

Very true! Thanks for sharing, this gives me inspiration!!

Oh Ali, this is amazing. THANK YOU for sharing it. It's so encouraging to me in these areas I'm working on, and I can't wait to share it with my kids!!!

love this...& i love hearing his voice, too :)

Oh my goodness cannot believe what a chord this has struck for me, such an inspirational experience watching and listening to this!Thank you for sharing!

Very inspiring and encouraging. Thank you for sharing!

Just what I needed to today. Thank you.

That's GOLD. It's good to hear that we have good taste and that through perseverance we will close the gap. Words of wisdom. Thanks for spreading the good advice, Ali.

Thank You - it was just I nedded right now! :D

Thank you, Ali! I loved that message. And now to go and do a little bit of imperfect creating. :)

I completely 'get' what he is saying.
This was perfect.
Thank you for sharing.
~j

Applause! This video adds more meaning to my OLW, hopeful, it is a different way of looking at keeping hope alive :)

Wow! That is something I really needed to hear! I am one of those people who try things out for a bit and if my work is not what I want it to be I give up.

It's so good to hear that others whose work I admire may have struggled with their own expectations of what their work SHOULD look like! I just figured some people were gifted at art and people like me would never be good at it.

Makes me want to perservere and keep working on the creative things I love to do!

Love this. I just had a conversation with my 12 year old son about being good at making things out of clay. He's been introduced to that at school and was disappointed with what he produced because he has such good design instincts. I told him he needs to give himself permission to do some not so good stuff while he is learning about new mediums and techniques. It's OK. It's expected. It's part of learning and getting really good at doing something.

I have to show him this video.

I was already in love with Ira Glass, so this is just another reason to swoon.

On this topic, I thought I'd share some fun facts about Ira and myself:

1. We share a birthday.
2. He is my favorite celeb sighting while I was living in NYC, and the only one that I sort of lost my cool over. I yelled out his name out before I realized what I was doing. He gave me a strange look and then I sheepishly just said, "I'm a big fan of your show."

thanks Ali! This is amazing and wonderful and I'll likely be listening to it again and again to help myself remember that it takes time.

very encouraging! great share :)

I really needed to hear this. Thanks for sharing with/encouraging all of us, Ali!

thanks for sharing this. just been introduced to ira glass's work thru stacy julians 12. his words REALLY hit home for me as i love taking photos, i've gotten over my fear of handwriting and im recording our life in Project Life.... but.... i often feel like it doesnt look like what i what it to look like... so i'll just need to do more, thanks :>
julie

Coincidences happen for a reason, don't they?? I just read this a few hours ago. Really.

Watching the video sent chills running up and down my spine.
Or maybe the chills came from my cold fingers and toes?
Nah, it was the coincidence.