A Little Baby With Really Good Taste

This conversation with musician Perfume Genius about his creative process is interesting throughout. This is something I relate to 1000%:

I’m good at making things, but not talking about why. I made them because I don’t know how to talk about why. The explanation is the thing I made.

This too is something I try to hold myself to:

I also just do it, you know what I mean? I just make shit. 90% of doing anything is doing it. Not to sound self-help-y, but when people are asking me for advice, my first thought is, you should just do it. You beat so many people already if you just actually make a finished thing.

I am still a perfectionist sort of person, but when your work entails publishing 10-20 things in public every single day, you have to let go of that. Good enough is better than nothing at all.

Embrace your inner little baby (with really good taste):

I essentially have to get back to feeling like I’m a little baby to make things that are good. A baby with really good taste.

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