For quite a long time now, I have been making videos of various things - mostly revolving around my photo art.
I found along the way that I absolutely love every thing involved with putting together a video. I'm already in love with my cameras so it's a thrill the use them to record some interesting, fun, or even mundane thing - doesn't matter, I just like filming stuff.
Then there's the video software, which keeps my brain energized and entertained as I learn my way around how to put together a video. I'm quite sure, by the way, that I will never 'master' the software - there's just too much to know, but that's okay because I don't think I like anything more than I like teaching myself things. I've been self-taught my whole life - it's my life force.
Of course once you put together a video you have to do something with it and that's where YouTube comes in. This is actually the most tricky part of the whole process. Tricky, to me, because - and this might be scandolous to some - I kind of really don't care about likes and subscribers, etc.
For me, no, it isn't the goal.
Don't get me wrong - it's not that I don't want likes and subscribers, it's that I can't get wrapped up in how many I have. I did that over the years with Facebook and Instagram for my artwork pages when I was really active making photo art and it was a distraction that took away from making the actual art. I got in my own head about "I only got X number of likes"...that kind of thing.
Don't get me wrong - it's not that I don't want likes and subscribers, it's that I can't get wrapped up in how many I have. I did that over the years with Facebook and Instagram for my artwork pages when I was really active making photo art and it was a distraction that took away from making the actual art. I got in my own head about "I only got X number of likes"...that kind of thing.
Now it's like, Hello World, here is the thing I created...and that's it.
I'm making the thing because I love making the thing. Worrying about the stats - how many, how much, can I get monetized, etc - would just be another of the things I would consider to be the antithesis to my creativity.
The videos I've made and will be making are far from perfect and I have a very long way to go before I actually can say I remotely know what I'm doing, but who cares? I'm just over here looking forward to and having a great time making videos about whatever I want...and that is the only thing that really ever matters.
I'm making the thing because I love making the thing. Worrying about the stats - how many, how much, can I get monetized, etc - would just be another of the things I would consider to be the antithesis to my creativity.
The videos I've made and will be making are far from perfect and I have a very long way to go before I actually can say I remotely know what I'm doing, but who cares? I'm just over here looking forward to and having a great time making videos about whatever I want...and that is the only thing that really ever matters.
(this is not actually me)
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My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wistfulgypsy
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