I hate pretty much everything I make || art

[@10_vengodallaluna]

it's tragic how much art isn't made because of the fear of cringe.

[@YehudiNimol]

It's actually something I struggle with. I wanna create content so bad, but I fear being imperfect and people disliking it so much I don't even try. In the meanwhile my ideas are sheltered in a cage, like a cocoon ready to take shape, and I'm just hoping that eventually it will come out a beautiful butterfly when I'll be mature and healthy enough to accept what I cannot change. Man, I'm such a pussy. I wish I was more extroverted so it would be easier for me to put something out in the world, but I fear judgement so much and I can feel it taking a toll on me. I feel like the more I don't produce what's in my mind, the heavier the burden becomes, and I have no one to count on but myself.

[@konradsartorius7913]

@@YehudiNimol A potential choice is to make it under an alias. This separates any blowback you may receive from your "real" persona.

[@Gabbyreel]

@@YehudiNimol You know, I've been thinking for a little while about Cringe and Sincerity. It's really tough to put yourself out there; to be sincere. You make yourself vulnerable and you just KNOW some asshole is going to be shitty to you for no reason, and when you're being that vulnerable, that can really hurt. It also just might make us a little stronger. That said, I've never seen something insincere that I've thought was cringe. Maybe if it's cringe but insincere, then it's not real so it's not cringe. BUT, we know being honest is critically important for us as a society, and that vulnerability is important too. So maybe, if cringe naturally comes with sincerity and a level of vulnerability, it's more important than we know. Or maybe I'm wrong. TL;DR: Being cringe is actually based. Post the content you want to make, be it on YT or insta etc. Reply to me with the link to it and I promise you I'll give it a like. Do it pussy PEER PRESSURE PEER PRESSURE PEER PRESSURE As an addendum, I'd like to quote Rather Large Shmeat from the comments section: " Cringe should never limit art, as Confucius said: "I am cringe, but I am free." "

[@humanname6534]

@@YehudiNimol I don't think there is much of an answer here other than to create the art. Not in a "just do it, bro" type way, but in the way that your ideas need to be realized and go from potential to a tangible expression, or else they are meaningless. The feedback will not all be positive, if you get any at all, but that's okay. I have learned there is literally no other way to get better at 'art' other than doing it. My first real short story I wrote was terrible and complete cringe. The second one was arguably worse. But now the ones I write are, I think, half decent. This is the process. No one's art comes out beautiful the first, second, hundredth, or thousandth time automatically. Unless the viewer comments are giving you feedback, even as simple as "the character is annoying" etc, it doesn't really matter. I see art on the internet every day that I dislike, and know how much of it I remember? None. But I remember when I see something beautiful, or moving, or genuine, or something that is truly art.

[@theyellowdan]

@@YehudiNimol start making art for yourself, not for others

[@seemantable3985]

I love those genuine Greg videos, the guy has a really good way of expressing things he talks abt, imo

[@אדרששון]

shut up consumer, you just consumed a vidio about a creator that is sufering

[@LAN2D]

true. the self deprecation actually helps a lot in making it relatable and not feel like he's talking down to us

[@Daniel-Q.-Phantom-esq.]

"making it real is making it imperfect" hit so hard

[@nobreakingthepickle3452]

Thank goodness you make it anyway, many of us enjoy your art

[@l.36125]

"the process of making it real is the process of making it imperfect" it's in words ! whatever i make, it's going to feel Wrong because it can't match up exactly to what's in my head.. pushing through despite that is hard but key it gave me some relief from my imposters syndrome hearing that you struggle with the same feelings so thanks for this video :)

[@zo.yeahhh]

For me it goes like "What a great idea, let's make this thing" to "This sucks, why am I wasting my time on this" to "This is the best thing I have ever written". Then I start thinking about how other people will perceive it, idk why it's so nauseating but it makes me hate everything.

[@swagmundfreud666]

If you let it catch up to you, you realize you'd rather other people simply not perceive it at all

[@evedotcom]

Reminds me of what Ira Glass said about closing the gap: “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, 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 its 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.”

[@coldmetal-2576]

I think a lot of artists often hate what everyone thinks is their best work. I'm glad you still make your content because a lot of people do enjoy it. I personally love your poems especially because they're written so beautifully and they're so heartfelt. It motivates me to write as well because I aspire to write like you. Keep creating man, your stuff is great!

[@dvaltvault5816]

agree

[@savvy9231]

Adding on to the "most loved publically is the most hated personally" phenomenon, I believe it's to do with an artistic fear of being tied to or defined by one work, especially if that work was not intended for mass consumption. Creative evolution is necessary for artists or else they run out of ideas. Having a huge hit seems to create a freeze frame in time and culture, (as well as that person's career) that becomes seemingly impossible to escape and grow from. The most obvious examples in music that come to mind are Nirvana and Cobain's feelings towards Smells Like Teen Spirit and Radiohead's feelings towards Creep. Their hits were such a huge moment in their careers commercially yet they both felt compelled to follow up with a clarification that they no longer identify with that part of themselves (Nirvana mockingly playing Teen Spirit, the lyrics in "Serve the Servants", and Radiohead's "My Iron Lung"). My Iron Lung also brings up the point of although they felt disdain towards Creep, it's success kept them relevant and allowed them to create more art which is a weird, stressful juxtaposition for the artists to endure. There's also a generational aspect of overexposure, the internet has shown billions of people content and means of content creation that we would not have had otherwise. As wonderful as it can be it also means oversaturation. We are constantly soaked in ideas and competition and influence, making it all the much harder to create an identity and have that identity be simultaneously internally fulfilling and externally profitable. Apologes for rambling, you summed it up pretty efficiently in the first sentence TLDR - you're definitely right and as he said creation is difficult and will continue to be difficult, the most one can do is understand the psychological and societal patterns that make it difficult and adapt

[@JayJayFlip]

Whenever I finish a DND campaign I write I find myself improving and then looking back I cringe. I don't get discouraged I just note my tastes and themes and writing is better now and use the past as motivation not to do that again, same as you would with relationships or tax evasion.

[@romiosama]

i think that the more it becomes real, the more the reality of our vulnerability gets put into perspective. it starts to set in that people can judge it however way they'd like, and that makes us feel vulnerable and hyper critical of our work. i think thats what happens when we "cringe" at our own work.

[@romiosama]

i actually made a voice recording on this topic just last night coincidentally, planning on making it a video

[@duncanclarke]

When I'm halfway through a project I think it's the best thing I've ever done. When I'm about to finish editing, I think it totally sucks. The hindsight of "this is fine" months later is what keeps me going.

[@אדרששון]

i think when you think something about your art its true, at any point of the prosess

[@moduchanyu137]

A great example of Self-love.

[@אדרששון]

no, how is this self love?, jreg just condemed himself to sufering

[@7bladesky890]

​@@אדרששוןirony

[@latt.qcd9221]

Definitely true about art and music. I'll often look back at music I've written in the past, and for most of it, it makes me cringe listening to it, but there's always a couple I'll be all, "damn, I wrote this banger?" Making art and music is worth it for those few works that you really enjoy, even if they're more infrequent than you may prefer. It's also often worth it for the much of the work you hate, because you never know who out there will be inspired by it. I think most artists and musicians feel that way about some of their most famous works.

[@ratherlargeshmeat6189]

Cringe should never limit art, as Confucius said: "I am cringe, but I am free."

[@might.88.mp39]

well thanks for making it anyway. please dont stop

[@harpoonlobotomy]

My of dealing is 'is this thing as good as I'm currently able to make it'. If, realistically, I couldn't do better right now, then it has to be good enough, no matter how I feel about it. Still very much in progress on that, though. Decades of fucked up psych issues are a bitch. This vid was honestly nice to watch, though. Might need to watch it a few more times over the next however long to try to let it seep in.

[@AM-we1es]

Don't worry Jreg, we do too!

[@idiokraciya]

hate is still better than having absolutely no emotion about it. emotions are fluid, better times will come.

[@אדרששון]

first of all, what you say about emotions being fluid makes no sense secend of all, i think you are corect and a nice person

[@pastawater]

as someone who makes music I can deeply relate to this. I get an album idea in my head and it seems so beautiful and moving, and it’s funny how that initial idea the way it feels like it comes from the subconscious makes it not feel like your idea. as you make it real and make those decisions in the creative process more of you goes into it and as you make logical conscious decisions you feel more and more embarrassed of your art’s imperfections because they are in turn your imperfections. you hate the art because each tiny flaw, each barrier between it and perfection is one of your flaws. you make the art and so looking at your art is in a way looking at yourself. so embarrassed by it because of how well you know it, how well you know yourself, and each flaw that comes up brings up another insecurity of your imperfect being. but art is necessary, and imperfection is necessary. such a wide variety of art from all places would not be possible without imperfections, that are a result of human imperfection. in a way it makes the art better as the consumers can connect with its humanlike imperfection. making art in my opinion is essential for each person because when you look at it you see yourself in it, your own being and emotions and flaws, and it helps you understand yourself more. the very pain of putting art out there is what makes it so beautiful and worthwhile in the first place.

[@macaroon4937]

Greg I don't know what's real anymore. But I hope you know that if J regular is what you want to do now, me and so many others will still love what you make and do because we enjoy your art. No matter what it is

[@MrSomeDonkus]

I draw and paint and make music. For me its flipped, i usually dont hate anything i make once i complete it. In fact i usually spend alot of time looking at or listening to the thing for hours. Then as time goes on i start to notice the mistakes and it drives me to try even harder next time. Its like a fun little cycle. Of course music is usually the thing that ages the best. Its so abstract that if you actually put your heart into it than its kinda impossible to make bad music. Itll at least be ok.

[@KlemensasKozlovas]

I feel like with time it gets a bit better, like the gap between expectations and reality seems a bit smaller, but then you start wanting to create something even more grand and the gap turns back to the original state

[@Autconscipatheonive]

You're literally just a perfectionist.

[@calebk8518]

and major overthinker

[@mirovini.]

@Max შემიწყალე "Soldier's license" I agree with your statement

[@oofydoom]

Isn't that just the inevitable paradoxical duality of an artist? Or a very common factor for creative individuals?

I'm glad you have to guts to do what you do in spite of these feelings. My favorite thing you have made is probably "I hear an orchestra play". Sometimes I want to listen to it, but I stop myself, because it somehow brings out raw emotions not many songs ever did for me.

[@Jwet1100]

This describes my life perfectly as a musician/artist… it’s so frustrating having a vision take an eternity to become even half of what you expect it to be. Perfectionism is a b*tch!

[@marstheroyal2460]

Your advice has helped me once again Greg. Thank you.

[@nimquelome3688]

This guy reminds me 2020 Jreg…an uncanny feeling….

[@Amber24426]

I feel like the more I come to value my own authenticity purely for its own sake, the better able I am to genuinely, unironically, love my art for what it is and what went into cultivating it. Though I do also get that it’s a bit different when you go into a creative project knowing that you intend to share it with an audience… I think that often disposes one to preemptively despise one’s art, because it is no longer purely about self-expression and seeking to satiate the creative “Id” but rather is now tainted by the prying eyes of an invisible “other”, whose real or imagined presence undoubtedly casts irrevocable influence on what you create and why.

[@whoever79]

Strong DFW vibes my wigga. I get you. The writer/editor dichotomy

[@KevinFeeley_KHF]

I've come to understand this about myself and my work. I choose to interpret this feeling of "I made it and now I hate it" as "I've now grown past this and am now better than I was when I started." It's a measure of progress as a creative individual.

[@alexanderd8398]

That's actually a great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@pionk]

this is such an incredible eloquent explanation to my feelings.

[@bellaflower930]

i relate to this too much, because of this i'm unable to do things i enjoy. as a kid i loved making poetry, playing piano, writing, creating music or drawing. i haven't picked any of that up in so many years. sometimes i sit back down and try to write a story, but every word doesn't seem eloquent enough, the subject seems childish and overwritten. i genuinely don't know how to combat it, since my brain has a "all or nothing" mentality, either it's gonna be exactly what i want or i'm not gonna even try.

[@stefankalin]

the profundity of both the unitized components AND the entirety of your voluminous volume(s) embody a rastrophiliopustrocitical energy … and has provided us (me?) with something that I think/know is one of the closest approximations of an artistic manifestation of authentic North American culture… like Sir Bo Burnz-a-lot

[@jenispizz2556]

I kinda experience the opposite of this. When I'm making some art I often feel really good about how it's going. However you feel, Greg is right. You shouldn't give up before you finish something.

[@prince-jordy]

as a creative, I relate a lot. I think that something that helps me make the process easier in regards to the "perfect idea" vs "imperfect art" is to actually separate them as far from each other as I can. if I'm aware that the concept in my head cannot exist, it helps me conceptualize how I can make the best imperfection as I can. it's still a very hard process, but you might find this a useful tool

[@katezzz-286]

this is a feeling i experience a lot as an artist. coming to terms with it meant realising that my creations would stray away from my best ideas - but no audience ever sees your best ideas, so they won't be disappointed with my art the same way i am as an artist. learning to love my art as an audience rather than as the artist has helped me develop my skills as an artist.

[@jamie210tx]

I love all your videos. What you do is awesome. And I know, as an artist, it almost doesn't matter what anyone else says about your art...but at the same time it completely matters. But anyway, I feel you! And thank you for making your art and encouraging others in the process.

[@dojee8993]

what is the twist about this new sincere Jreg? that he's actually sincere?

[@ginogarcia8730]

Aweee, well we love what ya make Greg. My favorite vid is the book review of all the political books... but you probably didn't read all of them. You're quite an amazing artist mannn.

[@medmed5436]

thank you like genuinely. this helped me as an artist. i have been on an art hiatus for like an year struggling to find sormthing, a creation of mine appealing. this doesnt magically put the pen on my hand and makes me love the stuff that i do but it gave me a bit of a boost. thanks for that, i really needed it

[@alien5589]

I’m having some mental blocks with dating and this actually helped with that. Art can be used as a metaphor for the relationship. Thank you

[@MP4_mafia]

Thanks for articulating this. I think there are actually a couple different ways to cringe at your own art- there are the unrealistic expectations for the technical execution of the piece, and then there is wanting to distance ourselves from the feelings we express in the process of creation that we would otherwise not make a spectacle of. Art these days is so hyper scrutinized as this timeless artifact representing the artist rather than a fragment of a process of self expression .

[@kaleidoscope5054]

he's right. it's always less flawed before it's real. but if u dont make it it wont be at all.

[@amirahkhan7909]

"I'm worse at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed"

[@shotsniper009]

Always assumed that feeling would go away the better you get at making the "art"

[@joanahkirk338]

I'm an artist and I mean, I never tend to hate my art. I see missed opportunities and that my skills sometimes weren't there when I made it, but I still love it

[@cadenisforeverbored1612]

i’m glad you’re pushing yourself. it’s great

[@idkreally3594]

When I create stuff I usually stop when it stops being fun and I just feel frustrated and feel super proud when I hear it or see it later even though I didn't gave everything

[@sembeex]

Recommended reading if anyone watching relates to this video is “the courage to create” by Rolling May. Such a fantastic book.

[@42lexicon]

when you do this often, you get used to how it changes when its in reality. so doing it daily is definitely a good idea. not to encourage having unfinished art laying everywhere but when you even with smallest ideas as soon as you think of it get it into the solid reality. (writing it down then or as soon after what your doing) so if its a conversation in a movie, actually write it down, poems, write down at least that one line, record a clip or draw it down etc etc you will end up actually seeing art as thing in front of you instead of ideas

[@thenumberthree-3-3]

I think jREG is the only youtuber that makes it feel weird when he is being sincere. Most of everyone else is sincere. Sure sometimes some people are a bit ironic but jREG has kept up the act for multiple years.

[@gastari429]

Hate it my man, as Sam Hyde said: "you will never feel like you're supposed to feel"

[@jojones4685]

Really motivating! Thank you!

[@sandserpent]

I was not expecting the genuine advice at the very end

[@deur]

My brain cant comprehend how many layers of irony there is on this channel

[@YehudiNimol]

The transhumanist trance really took a toll on you

[@tbear9353]

I super needed to hear that. Thanks, man.

[@WikiSorcerer]

My peers love the art that I make, but I always get mixed signals from my teachers and professionals. It's maddening.

[@soakupthenoise]

This might be because your peers are your friends and don't feel like they can say something critical. I have had friends who show me their art and it doesn't feel like I can say something critical, it just doesn't feel appropriate. I have said that I like things when I didn't in the past but now I am working on being honest in a polite way. Or maybe your peers are from a different generation where the humor and cultural grounding of your art is more accessible, and most older people just won't get it. I don't imagine the average 50 year old would understand something like Centricide.

[@saintjupi]

i feel this so hard as a creative. i do love everything new thing i put out but i also hate all of it. looking back on any of my art makes my cringe. so i get in a mindset of just put it out.

[@sydneysmith2545]

“The process of making it real is the process of making it imperfect” holy fuck Greg

[@seanphurley]

I think you can apply this to epiphanies that lead to paradigm shifts in science, new hypothesis come from the will to marry theory and reality

[@g.boychev9355]

It's okay, Greg. I hate pretty much everything you make too!

[@furg]

It's hard IF you're attached to something during the process. (which generally we are) An ideal, self concept, labels, rules, history or previous works, community standards, WWJD, etc etc etc. Perfectionism will be our undoing. Don't try to make it perfect, just make it. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hugrid9647]

For me it's the same but I draw, and while I'm in a state of drawing a thing I enjoy it, but then when I finish it I immediately hate it, then after a year or so I think it looks neat. Maybe it's because after a certain period of time you forget what it was like in your head, so there's nothing to compare to and you can finally like that thing you made, because that's the only tangible memory of that idea

[@tobiastaraba9672]

How can you hate everything you make? Your videos are amazing!

[@deathshop2172]

this is painfully relatable

[@idkreally3594]

Maybe I am just blessed or something but when I start to feel frustrated about i just take a break or eat something with sugar in it and I try again and I don't hate it

[@patbaitman3357]

One of the few ways jReg is unironic, yet based.

[@petertaylor4647]

making art is easy, i recommend you try finger painting!

[@lga4187]

I also wince at a lot of the shit you make, you're not alone!

[@SoVidushi]

I'm working on a video after ages of not making anything and I can relate to your art videos again, yayyy! I hate it :)

[@飞升机械]

I hate everything I make. No pretty much. If there's something that I like, I will hate it afterwards. It's painful.

[@nobodykayaks1041]

Don't worry Greg! We hate you atleast half as much as you hate everything you make! I've listened to "I'm gonna snap" atleast 10 times today! "I'm gonna snap, he's gonna snap, I'm gonna snap I'm gonna snap I'm gonna snap!" And believe it or not when the cashier made their little joke "wow tofu and razorblades that's an interesting combo" I did almost snap!

[@wyatt9739]

Thank you, I needed this.

[@cryingprussian7554]

thank you for this video, seriously

[@hemotheperson]

Yeah! That means you're good! Keep making it!

[@liamhobbs1401]

You had me at "I hate."

[@chrisgenovese8188]

ive abandoned more projects than ive finished, because i end up hating it. i have a stack of unfinished paintings i look at every day.

[@kanaalgorytm6733]

dude i tried to explain this shit to my therapist last monday and i wasted 30 minutes on it i should have played that video to her

[@nobodykayaks1041]

Only not doers don't not stop doing!

[@TitovIgorBro]

Unrelated but this outfit is epic

[@rcm926]

You know what, Greg, you're right - I WILL draw numerous pornographic images of Gary from Spongebob and have them posted all over the internet, regardless of how large a mistake the voices in my head tell me it would be.

[@truther249]

DO IT

[@VerbDoesStuff]

Would you believe me if I told you I was in the middle of the production of a web series with the exact same message as this video among other things but you are so right king???

[@party-m8]

wow, that really helped me. thx dudd

[@j03man44]

Why be an artist when you can be a creator!

[@sean..L]

I'm an artist and I've only made one thing that I don't hate and that thing itself is an expression of how much I hate myself.

[@swagmundfreud666]

I write songs and I practice and perfect them and I'm my bedroom I make them as good as I can, which once I put enough time into it is exactly how I want it to be. And then I go to perform it to another person, and I miss out on something I didn't notice, and I mess up the part I practiced 100 times, and I cringe. And I never play it again until I rediscover it years later after having forgotten the inciting incident which caused me to forget it. I have the equipment to record it all perfectly, and then I'll show it to people and they won't care.

[@pawa7714]

literally me

[@jeffersonjjohnson]

I don't know why I expected the Christmas tree to be taller, but I did.

[@thinkerythunker616]

I know what you mean. I get that too. But I don't think it's because I hate what I've made. It's because I made them public prematurely, and THEN had second thoughts about the quality. I feel much better about things I haven't made public. Just wait to publish things longer. Don't publish things for as long as it remains conceivable to you that you might still revise yourself in the future. The best artists probably never publish anything, haha!

[@malloray]

thank you i needed this

[@nicolaszelaya1345]

Thanks for this video man

[@robins7730]

immensely relatable

[@Itsjosby]

Disclaimer our renditions are only a fragment of the truth we saw. As we get better at translation and knowing what we cant control our expectations become more synonymous with our products. Every peice is our magnus... until its not. That's why we made something in the first place.

[@Itsjosby]

I liked this video more than you

[@zara1559]

Oh my God, making art is so scary. I want to create an idea I have in my mind but I’m deeply and utterly terrified of executing it. Maybe it will be ugly, maybe it will be good? Maybe it will be a waste of time??????

[@luizzeroxis]

Yeah, but if what I'm making actually DOES suck, and it's completely justifiable to stop working on it? How can you know the difference?

[@eliasf.fyksen5838]

What a great short video

[@An0xymoron127]

I can’t believe my dad just said this

[@pawa7714]

real no cap frfr ong lightskin stare rizz literally me slayy W L

[@cassiopeia8066]

This is what happens when you watch too much TikTok

[@pawa7714]

@@cassiopeia8066 I hate the internet, each form of social media is at this point resumable to a few key words that are supposedly their peak humour

[@cassiopeia8066]

@Pa wa hahahaha BASED

[@pawa7714]

@@cassiopeia8066 so irrefutably true fellow redditor! Get this gold outta here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to kill myself

[@aphato2770]

Gesundheit