What the Fuck is Wrong With Some of Y’all

I am so fucking tired of social media “creatives” (I hate saying that word) explaining themselves within their creativity. It feels like every other piece of “content”(I hate saying that word too) is gift wrapped in a justification for its existence. You’ll see a video somebody made that has a whole paragraph in the caption about how you should “never dim your light” or “to trust in your vision and never feed into doubt”. Sometimes the content itself is BASED in this messaging. Like they’re some sort of motivational speaker communicating to us via an overly dramatic iPhone video of a guy deciding to take his hand off of a hot stove. The whole fucking point of art and creativity is to Just. Fucking. Do. It. I get it. Artists can often feel insecure about the vision they have for their work. I am victim to this myself. It’s a large part of why I take such long hiatuses in between the things I make. I have several ideas that I won’t get to because I fear they will suck ass/I don’t feel ready for, but Jesus fucking Christ guys. Stop making it everyone else’s problem. We don’t need to be subject to your poorly guised ritual of self assurance. Your shit has like 200 thousand likes and is on my feed every day. You’re already succeeding. At what point is this just manipulating people into having sympathy for your own inner turmoil. And at what point is this even an actual creative vision, and not just you using creative tools to exorcise your own demons while still operating within shame. That won’t work. You’re either projecting your own insecurities or manufacturing a vehicle for other people to project THEIR own. Likely both. And maybe it speaks to how you feel about your own work that you feel the need to justify it. It is extremely arguable that some of this shit doesn’t even have a right to exist. I don’t need you to tell me to be more confident. I have a goddamn therapist for that, and they actually know how to get through to me. There’s a couple of specific “creators” that I’m referencing in this trail of thought, but I won’t name them. I don’t want to sic my two readers onto them. I could go on for 500 more pages about this. Maybe it’s because they’re not taken seriously enough to be called for interviews, so they answer questions that nobody/anybody of note asked them in order to simulate that feeling of demand for their insight. Just make the fucking thing, put it out there, and if it sucks, take your beating and grow from it. You’ll be better for it. If you fear the audience so much, then don’t step onto the stage. Wait until you’re confident enough to not beg for their understanding. Ironically, I’m speaking to myself just as much as them when I say all of this. But hey, if they want to project their negative self image onto my feed, then so will I. It is such a shitty time to be a creative (the normalization of that word itself speaks volumes to it), but you’re making the consumer experience just as shitty. Grow some balls and piss people off. I swear to god I could crush a ring light with my bare hands right now. I’m supposed to be enjoying my time in Naples.

 I say all of this out of love for humanity, and disgust for how it limits itself. These algorithms got y’all fried. Can’t believe I used to fall for this shit.

Stop pitying yourselves,

CEO