Potato is yum

I like making stuff. It feels good. It feels like I’m doing something with my life. I would be lying if I said I didn’t like the social validation of people appreciating my creations but that’s not why I like creating stuff. In the end what I really like about creating stuff is the ability to make another person see something the way I see it. If someone likes the way I see something it just means they are more likely to show others my vision helping my perspective reach more eyes. So in the end what I like is not the social validation but basically imposing my ideas upon others.

That sounds kind of violent and brings up weird imagery but like… isn’t that what almost every form of media does? Isn’t the whole point of a theme an idea that the creator wishes their reader views and potentially adopts into their own perspective of the world? I know that in a few thousand years there’s probably nobody that will remember some random dude named potatoisyum or strangemudkip and likely nobody would hear the weird ass music I made in middle school or read whatever book I’m working on right now. But it’s not like I care about the stuff I make itself since what will remain for more than a few thousand years is the ideas and perspective I put into my works that diffuse into the consumers of my works. I might not hit it big or change the world but I’ll have at least changed one other human on this planet.

When I make something, I see my creation as a vehicle to deliver a part of me to a consumer with the hope that people look at how I see the world and think about it. I know my views are different than most and I never expect to assimilate someone to my perspective but the value of my creativity isn’t to assimilate but to demonstrate. When I grab my violin and stand on the stage to play I want the audience to feel my emotions. I want them to feel the struggles I’ve had in life and to feel the victories I’ve experienced. I hear a lot of people talk about how age matters a lot with music and that someone who has lived through life can put more of their life into their music than a younger musician. I think this thought is BS.

I might be young and still in college but I believe I have the same right to show the world my perspective as someone thirty years my senior. In fact, I believe it is more necessary than ever for people my age to start creating things not for clout and fame but for the love of creating. It is true that I am less experienced than an older musician but this makes the previously mentioned statement about skill of delivery rather than the message behind the creation.

Someone who has spent decades refining the delivery of a speech will always produce a better speech than someone who just started speaking however both have the same right to share their perspective and neither is better for the images they wish to evoke.

That got a bit philosophical but that’s it for my serious post of the week. Here’s the planned posts I’m probably going to make:

• Media Review
• Battle Bit is Back
• The Major is Crunchy
• My Steam Awards Choices
• I’m Hitting The Gym

I’m going to continue posting whatever I want and hopefully I can start tagging things properly for people that want to read specific things but next week will mostly be gaming related posts due to the counterstrike major happening and three game playtests that I somehow got into along with thanksgiving. Whew. I thought I could relax from school work but now I’m getting gaming work. Not that I’m complaining. Heh.

Oh. I’m editing this and forgot to mention. I’m currently looking for volunteers to read through a final draft of the first 10 chapters of my book for first impressions. If you’re interested please let me know and I’ll be very very very thankful for your time.