Hello [laughs].
[Quiet, calm, electronic music in background]. So, in this video I wanted to just sit down
and ask the question of what matters more when it comes to our art, quality or quantity?
Is it more important to make a lot of art or to focus on making the best art that we
possibly can? So my main art things are YouTube and writing, so that's what I'm going to be
talking about in this video primarily, but this can apply to whatever art form or creative
stuff that you do you in your life, and before we get started I just want to make it super
clear that obviously I'm speaking from my own experiences, this is my own perspective,
I'm not trying to make anything prescriptive here or like lay down any laws, it's literally
just like my opinion - one small bean's opinion.
To begin, I would like to talk about YouTube. So, a common thing that I hear about on this
platform is about the importance of making frequent content. It's about how the algorithm
prefers more frequent, longer videos over less frequent, shorter videos. Basically,
there's this whole emphasis on uploading as much as possible.
So, from this perspective, it would appear that quantity is better - your channel is
much more likely to get noticed if you're putting more stuff out there, but I'm also
not sure how much I agree with this approach.
I've seen some YouTube channels that do not really do the frequent upload thing rise in
their numbers and such, uh very quickly because their content is just so amazing, and in order
for them to produce the level of content that they do or the level of quality that they
do, they need to upload, you know, once every two to three weeks as opposed to several times
a week or as opposed to every day.
I would say that YouTuber Contrapoints is a really good example of somebody who makes
really high quality content um like less frequently, um but in order for her to make such high
quality videos, um you know, it needs to take a couple weeks.
I've also seen her channel grow quite quickly and I have to say that I always really look
forward to her videos.
Like I'm more inclined to watch a channel that I feel is putting a lot of effort into
every video rather than a channel that is uploading every single day, like twenty minute
videos, but that take, you know, very minimal effort.
That's just my opinion, I'm not trying to say that one method is right in the other
method is wrong, but I just know like, as somebody who also consumed a lot of content
on YouTube, I am much more likely to watch those channels that are making content less
frequently but just like putting more effort into it.
And I would say that my channel falls somewhere in the middle, you know, it's all about finding
that balance between quantity and quality. Now, I don't actually have a video schedule
and the reason that I don't have a video schedule is because when I did, I found it made me
more inclined to focus on my quantity and less on my quality.
When I was trying to adhere to a schedule, it was always like, okay, get two videos out
this week, get one video this week, no matter what happens, just do it - which can be a
really good motivator for some people, because for some people without that schedule, um
they're not really going to upload content at all or they're not going to finish things
or there's not going to be sort of that push for that pressure to get things done.
And for me it was a bit too much of a push and it was a bit too much pressure to get
things done because sometimes I would find myself prioritizing just finishing the video
over, you know, the actual quality of the video.
And because my work schedule changes throughout the year and also just makes a lot more sense
for me to work with the time that I have, if you know what I mean, because sometimes
I really do feel like I - I have the time to put out two good quality videos in a week,
sometimes I can only do one, sometimes I can't do one, sometimes it'll take me like ten days
to put out a video just because of what my schedule is like and what my life is like.
When I first started YouTube, I was very much focused on making as many videos as possible.
I still had a lot to learn with the platform. I was exploring things, I was experimenting,
um and because I was in that stage, it really made sense for me to just focus on creating
as much as I could, putting as much out there was possible, um and things weren't very cohesive
but I was just having fun with it, right?
And now that I've been doing YouTube for about a year and a half, I find I'm a lot more inclined
to focus on making sure that each video is the best that it can be, making sure that
it is the best that I can make it, rather than making as many videos as possible. So,
before I made the switch, if I decided that I was putting a video on Friday, no matter
what happened, I would put it out on Friday. Whereas now, if I think that the video is
going to be stronger and a better version of itself if I wait until Sunday to put it
out, then I will wait until Sunday.
[Humming of vehicle outside].
Oh, I think it's a bus.
Okay bus, leave.
Oh my god [chair moving, footsteps, humming continues].
Okay, so literally there is this giant truck that has just parked right outside of my apartment.
I just watched the driver get out and the truck is idling, they have just left it on
[laughs] and I don't know where they went.
So because I am prioritizing quality over quantity, I'm going to have to take a break
from recording until the truck leaves [laughs] because it's really loud [laughs more], okay.
I will be back.
[Narrator from Spongebob over ambient music]: 2000 years later.
Okay, and we're back [laughs]. That truck was parked in front of my landlord's driveway
and it was left idle for about forty minutes, right there, right in that spot, and I called
the company and I said, "Move your truck" [laughs].
Yes, I was telling you about my own channel and the approach that I've developed with
it now, which is essentially that I am more interested in maintaining the quality of the
video than getting out the video at a scheduled time.
So, essentially on this channel, I am prioritizing quality over quantity a little bit, but I
do also recognize the importance of quantity: One, you're getting your stuff out there,
two, you're keeping people sort of engaged because if you upload so rarely like people
might sort of forget about your channel, it might sort of fall to the wayside a little
bit, um so, you know, you're - you're getting people's attention, keeping people's attention,
and thirdly, and this is totally unrelated I think to sort of the audience piece, thirdly,
you are practicing, right?
You're practicing and you're learning and you're growing and you're getting yourself
to do the thing a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand times over until, you know, you've
mastered the thing - it's just like practicing instrument, right?
But when I made this transition with this particular channel to that place, I also created
a second channel [laughs] because I still really want to be able to experiment and try
new things and have fun and not really like worry about it, you know, not really worry
about whether or not it sort of goes with the overall theme of the channel or anything
like that.
So, I have this second channel that I sort of go back and forth to um, when I did the
whole one minute vlogging thing, um every day for a week, I uploaded like one to two
minute vlogs on that channel, and I think if I didn't have that second channel as a
place to experiment with stuff like that, I probably wouldn't have done that project
because it just didn't really fit with what I'm trying to do on this channel now, if you
know what I mean.
That's kind of how I found my balance, is it's like, you know, this is a place for my
polished work, the other channel is the place for everything else that I want to try, because
it's also important to always be trying things and experimenting and learning and sometimes
making more frequent uploads and just making stuff and is trying stuff out is the way to
do that.
Now I'm going to talk briefly about writing. A little bit before I started The Artist's
Way, I decided to start writing every single day, and with the Morning Pages I've kept
that up.
And I always write three pages, no matter what, just three pages of anything. Now, you
know you could say that this writing is pretty low quality - it is, sometimes I'm just writing
about how I'm tired and all the chores that I have to do in the day and all of the complaints
that I have about my life [laughs], but sometimes I write poems in the Morning Pages or I draft
scripts for videos or I come up with ideas.
And the Morning Pages just seemed to be this really powerful tool to sort of get stuff
out there and get stuff down every single day.
You could say that the Morning Pages are, you know, frequent, low quality content, right?
And yet they're so beneficial and important for my growth and development as an artist
and as a person, and so like they have their role, they have a very important role, and
so sometimes I think when you prioritize quantity over top of quality that can produce some
interesting results as well, and that can also be important.
Maybe, when you're prioritizing quantity first, that's not necessarily the stuff that you're
putting out there, my Morning Pages are private, right?
But it's still very, very important work and it's still very much worth doing. Also, if
I don't write every day like that, I just tend not to write at all, right? And I know
with certain people who do YouTube, if they don't sort of have a - a strict schedule with
their YouTube channel, they just won't make videos.
Right, so I totally understand that and I just think, ultimately it - ultimately, the
question of quality versus quantity comes down to the person, and to what they're doing,
and to what they're trying to accomplish, and into what works for them, where their
balance is.
Quality and quantity both have their place. I think quantity can be very good when you're
starting out or when you just want freedom with something to just play with it and do
whatever you want. Quality becomes really important when you're focusing on refining
your art and refining your - your skills and your style, and - and trying to push yourself
further with it instead of just making it, like trying to see like, what is the best
possible thing that you can make? What is the best you can do?
That's like a terrifying thing to - to think about, in a way, it's a terrifying thing to
attempt because even though we're always growing and developing and changing with our art,
and it's always getting better, there is always kind of a point at like, this is the best
I can do right now, and like, it will get better in the future, but this is the best
I've got right now.
Now that I've offered you my perspective on the thing, I would love to hear your opinion.
When it comes to your own creative work, whatever it might be, is producing a lot of it more
important to you or is producing less but the best you can possibly make more important
to you? And why?
I think asking ourselves why we value the things we value and why we do the things we
do is important. So, I just thought I would present that. I'm not pleased with the quality
of my lighting right now because the light changed since the truck incident and - and
I've never been able to make it look the same, and the quality side of my brain is cringing,
and the quantity at my brain just does not care and is like, just finish the video that
you started.
Just a reminder that my last video is a communal art experiment thing, um and I'm still accepting
submissions from people, so if you'd like to go check that out, please do, and please
make a weird art and send it to me [laughs].
There is no specific deadline for that, but I'm thinking like in a few weeks, I'm probably
just going to collect the stuff that everyone has sent me, um and then post it onto this
channel in like a big, big collab, so... yeah.
Mm, I have a bagel to finish, so g - gonna go do that. Bye! [Camera clicks].
[Buzzsaw]
Hello and welcome to post-production me on the floor.
I just thought I would add something, which is the problem with the truck and then the
subsequent major lighting change in my video made me think about how while quality is important
and always striving for the best quality is important, sometimes you just have to get
the thing done, and sometimes there are going to be things that get in your way, and there
are going to be mistakes and accidents and - and just irritating stuff and you just have
to figure out, anyways, just how to just get the thing done, you know, cause sometimes
it's just about not giving up in the face of the irritating things and in the face of
the bugs, but learning how to work with the bugs.
So, I feel like that fits into the conversation about quality versus quantity, cause it's
like always strive for your best quality, but also sometimes, just get 'er done,
know what I mean? Kay, bye for real now [camera clicks].
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