I'm curious as to how you organize your time in order to achieve this, plus the time to write about it. (I listened to your excellent episode of the X-Files Diaries, which got me here). I'm currently having a look at your one shot X-Files series on Tumblr. Great insight there as well! Keep it up :)
Hello, Daniela! Delighted you came here as a result of the XF podcast. You're also my first on-site comment. So thank you for that.
To your question: I never feel like I do really organize my time. It just unfolds as it does day by day, and fairly chaotically, in my own estimation. It always feels like I'm way behind on whatever my creative goals are, and that I'm nowhere near as prolific as I should be. This is entirely within my head, I've come to realize. One's creative abilities are one's creative abilities, and I often think of Bill Watterson's observation that some people can meet their own standards of quality and be on the golf course by noon, but that that's not how it works for everyone. So many people have said they're amazed at my productivity, so I figure the truth has to be somewhere in between the extremes.
The hardest part for me is beginning something (the start of the project, the start of the workday). Once I'm in the thick of the process, it's much easier. What does come secondhand is watching movies, television, etc. So that's likely why these logs are filled to brimming, or at least seem that way to a lot of people. It's my job to do this. But more than that, it's a calling. And what I feel I really need to constantly work on and hone is my knowledge of my given subject, all while maintaining the curiosity that ensures I'll always be looking/searching for more and never think I've got it all figured out.
Because I don't and I won't. But might as well try.
Thanks so much for your nice reply. Writing and experiencing art are indeed a calling, and to a certain 'healthy' extent an obsessive necessity. No one is ever satisfied by the quantity and quality of their own achievements, especially those who should.
Your site is well curated and I hope it'll get the attention it deserves. It's kind of shocking I am the first one here, but let's blame social media and 'fast-content' for that.
I appreciated what you said on the podcast regarding the value of seeking one's own art in life and how rare that is to find it. The X-Files saved my 2020 (yes, I'm that late to it!), and I'm still looking for a film that will steal my heart the way Wings of Desire did a trillion years ago.
I'm curious as to how you organize your time in order to achieve this, plus the time to write about it. (I listened to your excellent episode of the X-Files Diaries, which got me here). I'm currently having a look at your one shot X-Files series on Tumblr. Great insight there as well! Keep it up :)
Hello, Daniela! Delighted you came here as a result of the XF podcast. You're also my first on-site comment. So thank you for that.
To your question: I never feel like I do really organize my time. It just unfolds as it does day by day, and fairly chaotically, in my own estimation. It always feels like I'm way behind on whatever my creative goals are, and that I'm nowhere near as prolific as I should be. This is entirely within my head, I've come to realize. One's creative abilities are one's creative abilities, and I often think of Bill Watterson's observation that some people can meet their own standards of quality and be on the golf course by noon, but that that's not how it works for everyone. So many people have said they're amazed at my productivity, so I figure the truth has to be somewhere in between the extremes.
The hardest part for me is beginning something (the start of the project, the start of the workday). Once I'm in the thick of the process, it's much easier. What does come secondhand is watching movies, television, etc. So that's likely why these logs are filled to brimming, or at least seem that way to a lot of people. It's my job to do this. But more than that, it's a calling. And what I feel I really need to constantly work on and hone is my knowledge of my given subject, all while maintaining the curiosity that ensures I'll always be looking/searching for more and never think I've got it all figured out.
Because I don't and I won't. But might as well try.
Thanks so much for your nice reply. Writing and experiencing art are indeed a calling, and to a certain 'healthy' extent an obsessive necessity. No one is ever satisfied by the quantity and quality of their own achievements, especially those who should.
Your site is well curated and I hope it'll get the attention it deserves. It's kind of shocking I am the first one here, but let's blame social media and 'fast-content' for that.
I appreciated what you said on the podcast regarding the value of seeking one's own art in life and how rare that is to find it. The X-Files saved my 2020 (yes, I'm that late to it!), and I'm still looking for a film that will steal my heart the way Wings of Desire did a trillion years ago.
PS - here's my letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/da_/