Ira Glass on Perseverance

For anyone is a creative field...I provide this bit of advise from Ira Glass of This American Life"


"What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through."

– Ira Glass

Alvin Ailey

Look at her body!!!

A friend took me to see the amazing Alvin Ailey dance troop tonight. What an experience! I've seen them several times before and I never tire of watching them.


What these beautiful, healthy, committed and talented people do with their bodies blows me away, inspires me and truly, truly make me want to unleash my dreams!


It is so important that creative types support other creative type. We get re-ignited by watching others live out their God-given gifts. Their dreams fulfilled make our dreams peek even further.


I'd like to go again as they'll be here until the 24th. Tonight's opening performance included Revelations- A celebration of the 50 year Anniversary of Alvin Ailey. This one I had seen before, but was in awe still.


You bet I WILL go again before the end of the month!!!


You coming with me?