losing "it"

if you listen to music, you can probably name a few examples of artist who lost "it". at one point they were good, but then they lost it somehow. every release since that/those classic album(s) gets further from what you loved in the first place.


i worry about that! and i probably shouldn't. join me as i try and talk myself down from this statement. i will be using an experimental new way to visualize my thoughts.


  1. "it" is subjective. "it" is entirely your own opinion. to an artist or another viewer, they may still think they have "it" or maybe even are closer to the "it" they envision.

    1. sometimes artists effectively fall off for good, with the entire public turning on them. is this not the fate i fear?

      1. it doesn't matter what others think if the artist feels fulfilled

        1. doesn't work if art is your career. you need to make money to survive.

  2. worrying about losing “it” will make you lose it. trust your art and your taste.

    1. this creates a paradox. you can still lose “it” even if you don't fear losing it.

    2. i should write a song about this

      1. james murphy did this already

      2. art about art is prone to being bad. especially if it's about not being good at it.

        1. i will probably make the song anyways damn it

  3. maybe you haven't reached “it” yet

    1. maybe i missed my chance to fulfill my potential. i was not technically proficient enough during my peak brain period

      1. some artists getter better with age

        1. some get so much worse

    2. maybe i could never reach “it”, possibly.

      1. is it true that some people are just less proficient at art? could that include me?

        1. i have made some good art. however, i feel like i am not able to make a universally beloved thing.

          1. i should not listen to myself too much. i am my own worst critic.

  4. worrying about “it” is a colossal waste of time.

    1. this feels like point 2

      1. but i mean it in a different way.

    2. obviously

      1. we are made of time and we will waste some no matter what we do. so yes, it's fine to think about it

        1. it's 3 o clock in the morning i should be sleeping, not thinking

  5. i’m a fraud!!!

    1. maybe?

      1. i mean… no i’m not

        1. but i might be?

          1. i should stop laughing just to fill space in conversations.

            1. done deal.

  6. what was i thinking about

    1. rhetorical question, idiot.

      1. let me have fun

    2. you did two joke bulletpoints in a row

      1. let me have fun

        1. is fun cringe? Leave Your Comment Below.

  7. i like this format of writing because it allows me infinite digressions

    1. i’ll do it more

      1. no one is reading this

        1. let me have fun

          1. is fun cringe? Leave Your Comment Below.


In summary: I will cross that bridge when I get there.


Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2023 at 5:38 PM

    Fun IS CRINGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cringe IS FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 29, 2023 at 4:37 PM

    at risk of making you worry more about losing it, you most definitely (in my humble subjective opinion) do have it. man I've not been this inspired by an artist since I found damon albarn's music (hopefully you don't hate him that would be unfortunate lol, it's high praise from me anyway). and you're not only making amazing music but also amazing games, animations and all sorts, so whatever brain gremlin is telling you you're 'less proficient' at art needs to exit expeditiously

    (also lord help the rest of us if you're past your peak because greener grass awaits is a masterpiece. again, put that gremlin in the bin)

    as far as losing it goes, hey life is inherently a little bit unpredictable, but it seems to me like you don't need to stress too much about it. you got this

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  3. AnonymousDecember 5, 2023 at 9:01 AM

    I was thinking about your songs a lot recently, as well as most of your older works, and one thing that really stood out to me is that you have a reallyyy good ear for sound and sound design. And music, of course. Every tune seems to fall in place Just Right that resonates with me, even if it isn’t considered as universally beloved. Throughout all your games and animated works, there’s always the presence of “sound” and song that is very distinct from each other, and I appreciate that very much. Losing “it” is every artists’ nightmare, unfortunately. But I do believe that like a good memory, “it” never truly goes away. Also, fun has to be cringe to some extent to /be/ fun. One must root out the part of themselves that cringes at fun. In the greater arts we trust.

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