I Just Want to Create Dope Shit
After meeting Jim during the Hobolite X Adorama event, we kept talking about life and the challenges we face. He said something that I always think about and say to myself: “I just want to create dope shit.” When he said that, I told myself I needed to write a blog post about this.
Creating dope shit is hard as hell. We all get trapped into looking at what others are doing. We also get annoyed with ourselves because we believe we aren’t doing enough or what we are doing is crap. The ultimate goal is to be able to provide and live with what you are passionate about. Sometimes this happens, and sometimes it doesn’t. How does someone come to terms with that?
I just want to create dope shit! Every time I go into the studio, I want to create something dope. When I hit the streets, I’m hoping I can create/capture something dope.
Dope. Dope. Dope.
Quality over quantity is something you often hear out there in the world. I personally somewhat agree with it. I posted that line on Threads and got some amazing comments.
Willie Velazquez said:
“What if quantity results in quality?
Sales is about getting through many no’s to get to that yes. It took me 2 years of getting told to fuck myself to go from 30k/yr to 6 figures.
Building muscle requires failure. I didn’t see results until I consistently woke up in pain (before getting back to being a fat fuck).
Any good shot I took occurred between hundreds of okay, decent, and straight trash ones.
I don’t like this saying because it takes quantity to learn what quality is… and what it takes.”
Dimitry Mak said:
“The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Quality is subjective and varies based on taste, context, and purpose. Producing more work can enhance quality over time through practice and experimentation.
A larger body of work offers more opportunities for discovery and refinement. It’s about recognizing how they complement each other in the creative process.
My 2 cents.”
Both are great comments, and I agreed with them both when I was reading the comments. When I started writing about this, it reminded me of my post around “I don’t want to niche down.”
I need to get out of my own head about what is dope and what it takes to create something dope! Dope could be as simple as taking a photo of my dog hanging around because it is dope to me and he is very entertaining.
