I love it when CJ personally attacks me

@Szanth

Жыл бұрын

Not only personally attacking me but knowing I started writing but I was gonna never release it so calling in a targeted nuclear strike directly to my medulla oblongata

@-PNGMAFIA-

Жыл бұрын

why does this comment say it was uploaded 5 hours ago?

@SadBirbHours

Жыл бұрын

CJ has the energy of a coked up squirrel that wants you dead and I'm honestly vibing with that.

@dylanjoyce8104

Жыл бұрын

I hate it when I catch me defending myself from the things cj is saying.

@Nord_Kitten

Жыл бұрын

@@Szanth finish your stories! the world deserves to know the inner brainchild that you put passion into!

CJ videos always sound like a Canadian Eminem rapping acapella if he got a graduate degree in philosophy

@noreehix5714

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Foreign now I can't unhear it!

@thats4thebirds

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s it lmaoo exactly.

@notcosteffective9920

Жыл бұрын

Make better rap references. Desire to.

@abracadaverous

Жыл бұрын

It's too early in the morning for me to be this slain

@Ria-sd2ex

Жыл бұрын

I subbed to your channel about 2 or 3 months ago. Just checked and somehow, I was unsubbed.

"you're not perfecting your craft, you're shielding yourself from vulnerability" NO I'M NOT, S-SHUT UP

the "i'll kill you" lunge forward while still keeping the wine glass perfectly level was somehow so beautiful and perfect

@CJStudios

Ай бұрын

I literally feel like I quote the “ILL KILL YOU” all the time

“Make something beautiful and then delete it” is legit a lesson I was forced to do not only in art school but OCD therapy. It’s painful but brilliant. If you delete it and can never recreate it, it motivates you to keep chasing that art forever, in spite. But if you can recreate it, you can be smug in the knowledge that YOU are the valuable thing, not your art. Either way, it’s a fantastic exercise

@atticusdhdbbdbd4373

Жыл бұрын

Basically drawing the best drawing you’ve ever drawn on a test paper you’ll never get back

@stephenwilliams163

Жыл бұрын

Long ago I saw a NatGeo page about Buddhist sand mandalas. People would spend years creating these beautiful works of art with colored sand only to wipe them away the second they were finished. Something about nonattachment and the impermanence of all things. That always made me uncomfortable in a good way and I've never been able to shake it. Sometimes the purpose of making art is the actual process of making, not the art object itself or anyone else's experience of it.

@julesandmusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for expanding on it! really didn't get it at first

@user-uu2cj9ct3j

Жыл бұрын

I imagine it’s the same feeling when I spend days and a hell of a lot of effort on writing a paper or a large segment of code, am finally happy with the product and feeling super accomplished, and then I wake up XD

@trampoline11x

Жыл бұрын

This hurts in an inspirational way where I know it is right and true and it would help me the most, but a majority of my being is violently in opposition to this.... damn it.

The real art expression here is seeing how many different ways CJ can sit in a chair

@eliasmg9144

Жыл бұрын

Bonus points when he makes it spin

the line “you don’t sing because you’re a singer, you sing because you’re a person” really hit me

@Pensnmusic

2 ай бұрын

Also, everything you do, you do because you're a person.

@glowco.717

Ай бұрын

As a vocal teacher you have no idea how many times I’ve tried to emphasize that to people who say “Oh I can’t sing I wasn’t born with that talent”

It is weirdly validating to watch someone methodically explain and deconstruct all of the thoughts you have had about art and art production but couldn't put into words. This might be my favorite go-to link for aspiring artists now.

"You don't get to be a perfectionist if it is unproven up to this point if you can even make a thing." This is actually incredibly empowering. Finish a thing and show it to the world before you start trying to fine-tune every aspect of your process or endlessly edit the final draft.

@geraldine-211

Жыл бұрын

L I F E C H A N G I N G ^ ^ ^

Did not expect to have an inspirational speech yelled at me today 10 out of 10

@_Tozzie_

Жыл бұрын

"The universe needs u!" -CJ, probably

@wintermolloy7396

Жыл бұрын

@@_Tozzie_ a perfect summation

@mockturtlesuppe

Жыл бұрын

In other words, you did not expect a CJ the X video today.

@wintermolloy7396

Жыл бұрын

@@mockturtlesuppe exactly

@m0ppp

Жыл бұрын

Common CJ w

You are the human equivalent of an espresso shot. I love it.

@CP-gk4ri

Жыл бұрын

A double expresso

@AssGasGottaBlast

Жыл бұрын

@@CP-gk4ri My favorite kind!

@fuckworkradio

Жыл бұрын

A quad

@crazygreek6341

7 ай бұрын

I think he is more of an espresso martini

@AssGasGottaBlast

7 ай бұрын

@@crazygreek6341 I love the way you think, I couldn't agree more!

CJ kind of makes me believe that someone in fact does need my silly fanfics. It's difficult to call it art but it is a creative process still

@djoctobeat5204

10 ай бұрын

Honestly in my opinion fanfic is completely art! Like, you consumed this piece of media and it so consumed you that you decided to have it forever be a part of your creative experiences and human experience! Like bro that’s super cool I love fanfic 👍

@mikumikumikumikumikumikumiku

8 ай бұрын

It Is Art.

@e1221

7 ай бұрын

It absolutely is art! Put it out there people deserve to see it

@EasyWater

7 ай бұрын

Oh it definitely is. It's interacting with the art, not just consuming it for your own enjoyment, but liking it so much that you want to share your own vision. Then other people can also see that, see how excited someone was about the art piece, and appreciate both your vision and the original one. It tells the creators that you appreciated them, and you can have fun and learn from this. It may not be perfect, but it's an expression of the limited perspective you have and that can also be fantastic.

@analazovic441

7 ай бұрын

yeeeeessss do ittttt 🍬🍬🍬

"Releasing art is a radical and defiant act of self love and bravery" Thank you CJ, I needed this pep talk.

@lethaldream50

Жыл бұрын

my 1 issue with this is the implication that art needs to be released to be valid, complete, or fulfilling. of all the art i've made the most valuable is the stuff i keep to myself. also, i often find that the art i've made that is most popular is some of the least fulfilling art i've made, and things i really did like making and still really like often dont elicit that response from other people. whats more, the idea that art *will be released* is part of a subconscious or conscious shaper of what the art becomes when you are making it. even the unselfconscious and confident artist is influenced by this idea. i think there's value in creating art with no intention of ever releasing it. you can always change your mind after the fact.

@lethaldream50

Жыл бұрын

@ponpon i mean i can see points in the talk where that is who it's aimed at but i got a lot of the video out of it for myself, that was inspiring, the applies just as much to my private art as my public art and how my perception of such has shifted, hence my comment

@arsenal4444

Жыл бұрын

I'll share my thoughts in case it helps others. I find myself to be super anti-authority, driven by my desire to set my own course in things. I absolute despise even the slightest coercion to an absolutely disproportionate degree, where I've even at times been called irrational for the extent to which I respond. What this quote means to me, is it frames me not releasing something as the mass voice of judgement from the world, and everyone around me whether they do so intentionally or subconsciously by judgmental knee jerk reaction based on their own imperfect perception. Framing the releasing of art as the retaliation speaks directly to my innate response against any coercion, and if that coercion is the, even if accidental, force of losing confidence in myself from those around me, well....there's no way I'll let them do that to me!

@alishaisnotaface

Жыл бұрын

@@lethaldream50 Great insight, I do agree with you to some extent and I have found value in creating art intended for my eyes only. In reflecting on my own experience as an artist, I think the imagined outside audience still exists when I create art without any intentions of releasing it. I have let the fear of being seen prevent me from sharing art for a long time, and used to convince myself that the reason I never released art was because it was especially for "me only" but really, who is that anyway? I think there is always an audience, real or imagined, no matter what. I am so grateful to artists who commit to the brave act of sharing art because it enriches my life every day. Am I that brave yet? Absolutely not, but maybe one day soon :)

@VenusianLissette

Жыл бұрын

I’m re engaging w this video because this is too good to not have more views.

CJ is like the first artist i found that isn't embarrassed by the fact that they make art. It always annoys me when artists try to talk about meaning in their art and they have to start off with "this is gonna sound so pretentious". Like, no bitch, you made the art because you wanted to communicate meaning. I like that All Eyes on Me has good production, but that's not why I think it's amazing, I think it's amazing because of it's meaning. So, it's really refreshing to see someone own that they make art because they want to express meaning, instead of trying to tiptoe around that fact to not get called pretentious or as "caring too much". also cool makeup

@sennnia

Жыл бұрын

I think we just all got programmed to be ashamed of anything that could potentially sound "pretentious" or artistic or whatever and so it's a reflex. Kind of like, "I know I'm not an artist but here's my art." I've said that so many times but it wasn't until some kid in my creative writing class asked our professor if she was actually a writer or just teaching writing that I realized how fucked up our idea of "the artist" is. There's a push/pull between downplaying your art because you're not sure if people will take you seriously and owning your art and all the dumb ways people can perceive either of those things.

@princessjello

Жыл бұрын

It's trendy to make a mockery of earnestness. and art itself is earnestness

@chunk2689

Жыл бұрын

It took me a bit to lear that its okay to be vulnerable/earnest. 😊

I watched this video about 16 times and I quote it on a regular basis, I have forced about 50 artists to watch it, I keep recommending it to everyone who talks to me, it permanently altered my brain chemistry and its integral to my life as an adult and I need everyone to feel the same way. Edit: its that time of the year again Edit 2: it's that time of the year again Edit 3: Yes I am here again Edit 4: I have printed a summary of this video and taped it to the wall behind my monitor that I look at whenever I space out Edit 5: Someone reblogged my own tumblr post screaming about this video back onto my dash so here I am of course

@Natoursofcourse

9 ай бұрын

could you tell me what is on this summary? I want to have something similar on my wall.

@kissesonhigh

9 ай бұрын

Just like me fr

@kareemfofana

7 ай бұрын

me with AnRel’s the art of Semantics 10/10 would recommend and it’s actually very well connected to this video

@TheMarkFlanagan

6 ай бұрын

Share the summary if it please you

@lexwhy554

4 ай бұрын

@@TheMarkFlanagan the summary is just the chapter subnames from the video so it goes like Sloth - Depriving the Universe of it's U Greed - Perfectionism and Preciousness Pride - Using the word Pretencious in vain Wrath - Taking back what is no longer yours Lust - Glory without meaning Envy - Suffocating the Suffrage Gluttony - Game of Thrones Season 8 Ive watched the video enough times to where no further elaboration is needed

just found out about this dude....ADHD at its peak performance. this is the only viable pace of speech and style of editing to keep me genuinely engaged and glued to the screen. obsessed with the points, the piercing cultural analysis and the way you seem to grasp perfect vocabulary that has already arranged itself into cohesive and deeply insightful bite-sized sentences out of the air. instant most interesting person in the room award

@BCBS4631

3 ай бұрын

just found him yesterday and im 1000% with you lol

you IMMEDIATELY validated an experience I had with a professor a few months back, I was trying to learn how to do calligraphy digitally so I could do a fancy handwritten title for my short film, and once it was complete and we were at the early screening stage, one of the profs "critiques" on my film was that "It had been done before, so it better be good" and specifically mentioned that my title "looked like it was trying too hard" and because of that I changed it. And now a few months later I'm still pissed as fuck that I payed so much fucking money just for one of my supposed "mentors" to shit all over my confidence and make me question my abilities and taste when it comes to what I'm trying to do. I was so angry and unmotivated, that teacher immediately lost any respect he had earned previously, and it killed a lot of the love I'd previously had for my project

@Devin_Dean

Жыл бұрын

I can relate sooooo hard. This might be a little long so I apologize. But anyway, I went to Music school only to get out of where I was living and I said I like music I’d like to learn how to make it, and also what it means to be someone who makes music I guess. That was 2020 when I transferred (junior year but had gaps before) so covid hit and all my in person hands on experience went out the window. But the worst part was that my teachers were insufferable out of touch ego maniacs with a baskin robbins variety of personality problems. I wasn’t learning but I sure as hell was paying. And all the while I’m being shit on by my recording professor who’s also my academic advisor, and when I go to report him TWICE to the assistant dean for that and plenty more, the other professor shows up to that meeting and just verbally abused me in front of the assistant dean. Got me feeling I’m on trial now in a weird twist but I held my own and told him to gtfo and he told me he hopes to never see me again and I said likewise bitch 😂. Here I am now finally tiptoeing back into art and music because music school had me so fucked up with impostor syndrome and plenty of other of these art sins. I still can’t make a full song, video, drawing, etc.

@runningsandwich

Жыл бұрын

Replace "trying too hard" with "maybe something a little more understated would look better" and then it could be a valid criticism

@NotTooStraight

Жыл бұрын

It’s weird because this seems like a western problem. I watch Anime, and I used to find it strange how there were sooo many “reincarnated into another world” series. Now I kind of admire that, because the amount of times I think to myself “wow I love the way this world building is done or how these characters are developed. I would love for someone else to do the same but more fleshed out than this.” I always remember that us Americans can’t touch the idea of “copying,” without having a brain meltdown. TLDR I wish Americans could copy general ideas and create new shows around them.

@cassiopeiasfire6457

Жыл бұрын

@@NotTooStraight Maybe it's the individualism, the idea that you and your art need to be unique and if the art isn't solely from you it isn't good. It's the same bullshit as self-made billionaries, it's not possible to invent culture or summon $1B by yourself. You have to respect the community you've grown in, but American society is still relearning how to do that. Every concept is new and none are, get used to that dialectic and just make stuff that's good wherever it comes from.

@LilYee-vs2sv

4 ай бұрын

Lmao, yea it reminded me so much of how every animation teacher hates anime

I would actually interpret "art is never finished, only abandoned" more positively, as in, your art is never going to speak up and tell you "congratulations! I'm done now, this is the objectively optimal point where you should not change anything anymore" so it's okay to stop when you don't feel objectively sure your art is perfect.

@anna-fleurfarnsworth104

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@rs-op8bb

7 ай бұрын

I look at it as " you're never finished as an artist" your passion never really goes away, you just leave or lock it up for what ever reason, but it'll never be gone, or done. It is you. Don't abandon you.

I love how CJ can say something that *sounds* overly dramatic like 'season 8 of GoT was a sin' and then in a few minutes manage to completely justify it, and have me nodding my head and laughing in total agreement.

“If it falls flat at least you meant it” has been my go-to attitude while making things for the last 15 years. You’ll regret disingenuous cash grabs/chasing attention with hasty trends waaay more than something you poured yourself into that just wasn’t quite acknowledged the way you hoped.

Friendly reminder to everyone that NaNoWriMo will start next week! For the people who don't already know, it stands for National Novel Writing Month and it's mainly an excuse for both writers or non-professionals to try and write a whole book in only 30 days. The focus is simply on writing a lot, so quality is not really an issue, but something you can work on and edit afterwards. If anyone wants to follow CJ's advice about just getting your art out there this is one such opportunity for that to happen!

@KittyThaliaX23

Жыл бұрын

This is gonna be my first year trying nanowrimo, wish me luck lol. And if you’re writing, good luck to you!

@cherrydewdrops

Жыл бұрын

This is a great reminder!! To add on, don't forget that it doesn't just have to be books you write: write songs, poems, scripts, dialogue for a game, or just your own journal. I know I'm gonna be focused on scripts this year

@ctons

Жыл бұрын

What is the nation why is it national

@emilygray2025

Жыл бұрын

I’ll be trying to write my first novel! Happy writing folks!

@dizzy388

Жыл бұрын

which nation lol

this should be a book

@silphonym

Жыл бұрын

No, it's perfect.

@thequietpart_

Жыл бұрын

But the medium is part of the message

@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752

Жыл бұрын

0:00 Introduction 3:26 Chapter 1: Sloth 5:39 Chapter 2: Greed 9:20 Chapter 3: Pride 14:19 Chapter 4: Wrath 23:16 Chapter 5: Lust 32:46 Chapter 6: Envy 37:11 Chapter 7: Gluttony

@gentlydown41

Жыл бұрын

Cannot tell if this is a joke cuz it outright goes against the video lol

@sophiacheon2245

Жыл бұрын

yall this is cj’s brother,,

I live for CJ's passive surprise every time a drink being waved around is spilled

holy shit i apparently needed to hear this. my big gargantuan art sin is greed, and i've been scared to finish an artwork for months now even though i basically finished it ages ago. i've battled perfectionism my entire life and have told friends, teachers and therapists alike that i will try to conquer it but i still get paralysed by the expectations that no one has for me but myself. it's strange knowing you're the reason you can't evolve but still feeling powerless to do it. but you gave me another much needed push, and i'm challenging myself to finish this piece by the end of the day and post it online even though i'm scared of how other people will feel about it!

@unexaminedlife6130

Жыл бұрын

I identify with you completely! It's crippling

@xiomaraa

Жыл бұрын

i believe in u!!!! finish that bitch!!!! u can do it!!!!!!

@jezzyjo98

Жыл бұрын

Did you?

One huge problem that didn't get explored much here (though it was hinted at with the singer being pressured to get on tiktok) is that capitalist society often forces people to commit these sins. I would like to draw only what brings me joy, but popular art i care less about and commissions help me pay rent. I would love to focus on finishing my latest book, but after a long day of work at my day job and making art for other people in the evening, where is the time and energy for my devotion? It can be Sloth, or it can be Fatigue. It can be Lust, or it can be Need. Most artists either have a non-art job to survive and make art in their free time, or they'll have an art job that commits some of the sins mentionned here. It's not as easy as "just make the art you want regardless of success" because being successful takes a huge burden off your shoulders and gives you the resources to make better art. So, is it better to sell your soul in order to be free later, or will you lose the love of the art in the process? Or is it better not to touch at the artistic industries and only create at your own terms, but risk losing the time and energy to create, making it harder and harder?

@gorimbaud

Жыл бұрын

In my experience, and I've been in a lot of creative communities over the last twenty years and have heard all of this before (shit, i've _said_ a lot of this before, when i was young and thought i knew a lot more than i did), that's a huge blindspot to people who are talking the way CJ is in this video. And putting it under the framework of sin only makes it worse, because while some may take it as an inspiration to not do these things that they're being told are bad, a lot more are just going to take it as more reasons to beat themselves up over things they're already beating themselves up for. It's a terrible mindset to adopt, and not one you should be encouraging others to follow in. But hey, that could just be the bitterness of a slothful burnout talking.

@rowanpaws2975

Жыл бұрын

I love the questions you pose, and I, personally, don't have one clear answer. My beliefs about the sanctity of art may not be as rigidly defined as CJ's, but, nonetheless, I do have something to share here. There is no shame on most any individual for being oppressed by a system. The function of capitalism does not promote good, sinless art (by CJ's definition) in many cases. I think it is amazing and inspiring that people pursue their passions underneath the boot that encourages you to pick up your own bootstraps, like you even starting your book in the first place, but I don't think it's always feasible, with the current state of the world, like you've said. All this considered, making art on your own terms can be a great form of protest, and there is no revolution without art, but an effective strike isn't just one person doing it, it's usually when the majority realises how much they dislike the status quo and, with communication and direct action, collaborates to change it, no?

@j.m.lascar5002

Жыл бұрын

@@gorimbaud I feel you, and I'm sorry you're experiencing burnout. I hope you find your love for art again (and I hope the same for me). It's fucking hard to make joyful art in this profit-obsessed alienating society. I reckon CJ spoke of these "sins" the way some preachers would, as inevitable pitfalls of the human conditions we need to work against, and to me it didn't come off as shaming or guilt-tripping so much as their typical brand of animated uncouth pep talk, but you're right. If someone is already feeling guilt, this could be a damaging framework rather than a helpful one. I hope people who watch this are gentle to themselves

@j.m.lascar5002

Жыл бұрын

@@rowanpaws2975 I appreciate you saying that, thanks! This society is tough to survive in, and I'm one of the lucky ones (roof over my head, good health, steady job). I love Virginia Woolf's essay "a room of one's own", where she talks about what one needs to write and make art (material comfort and a lot less sexism). In the pyramid of needs, there's a reason why the needs of the body come before the soul - a human can survive (miserably) with no self-fulfillment, but no man can make joyful art when they're hungry or exhausted or homeless or fearing for their life.

@rowanpaws2975

Жыл бұрын

@@j.m.lascar5002 Of course! It's also so important to be grateful for what we do have in the moment. I absolutely adore Virginia Woolf's work, and I've recently become far more acquainted with her, particularly in relation to her novel Orlando. I'm going to be writing an essay about Orlando soon, actually, in comparison to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, particularly with the lense focused on the theme of class and status, and I think it's a lovely happenstance that her writing was mentioned, by you, outside of my little brainstorming bubble of analysis. Also, Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a lovely concept, one that I think Non-violent Communication, particularly the book by Marshall Rosenberg, expands on wonderfully. The core principle (according to my understanding of it), that every communication that happens between anyone is an expression of a need that we all share as humans, and a feeling related to that need, in how it is either being met or not being met, is a very useful tool, in my opinion, in understanding others and the world around me. I highly recommend you to check it out, if you want; I think the audiobook is free on Marshall Rosenberg's KZread channel. That, and the core ideas of Transformational NLP, by Carl Buchheit, have become key pieces of my philosophy, and I am guessing that you might find them very interesting as well.

I'll be 38 in a few weeks.... CJ has done more to inspire me to express my aesthetic self than anyone else in my entire adult life. If you're reading this, it's legit never too late to be happy, whole and giving with your craft. Thanks CJ. I hope you're as inspiring to other artists as you are to me. You reminded me of how important art is in my life.

@KittyThaliaX23

Жыл бұрын

That’s really sweet, I hope you’re able to focus on your art, whatever form it takes, with new passion and joy ❤ keep this feeling in mind when you’re struggling artistically, or even blast this video again to get that inspiration hit again, that’s what I do hehe

@nicolelewis5237

Жыл бұрын

39 here and hell yeah. I always leave with something when I watch a cj video. I get pumped.. love that energy. fidget muse.

@jensendsflowers

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that. Thank you for for sharing and inspiring us 💙

@katisawriter

Жыл бұрын

Just tuned 39, the section about not keeping my art to myself had me in tears. CJ has definitely inspired me. Remember - age is nothing! Good luck on your creative journey 💗

@YorkDevil85

Жыл бұрын

I've been "producing" music since I was 20 and now I'm 25 with around 50 started projects. None completely finished... CJs vids have been inspiring me to actually start completing my projects even if I'm dissatisfied with it, which has been such a large barrier for me.

only nanowrimo pep talk i needed, thanks cj

in an entirely non-parasocial way i love this video and i love that it was created.

I like to imagine that CJ sensed my will to ✨do art✨ waver and was like, “these bitches need another goddamn video”

@Me-vn3gz

Жыл бұрын

same, i haven’t really been creating in a while and been feeling bad about it so this was perfect timing

CJ's video structure is the opposite of stream of consciousness. The arguments are well constructed and focused on the subject, but the subject is so ethereal and complex and the approach so unconventional that the video bounces in so many directions, and I'm here for it. EDIT: Alas, I must come clean. My comment is a bounty for Art sins, for I have been witholding this comment from the world for 2 months (Sloth) solely because, desiring for the most people possible to view my comment, I waited for the upload of a new video in order to cash in on the limited competition and algorith favoring slavish engagement with the platform (Lust), which I have edited after posting becaus eof a few minor changes that ultimately would not have impacted the meaning of my words (Wrath). Also I'm a sock puppet account for Yoon Suk-yeol, the standing president of South Korea (Bonus Sin)

9:58 For real. There was this guy at the church I attend who sang very loudly, and it did not sound good, but you could tell that he loved it. It made him happy to do it. That man was closer to Jesus than I'll ever be.

My 'art flame' felt super extinguished for a couple years now, and this straight up just gave me the spark to re-ignite. Huge thank you CJ! This is easily in the top 10 videos I've ever lucked into finding on this site.

Ten minutes in and I need to stop to take furious notes and lie down to let it all seep in. This is so healing

@vixa__J

Жыл бұрын

Literally I’m watching this for a second time so I can write notes lol

@TheTinaBelcher

Жыл бұрын

This and the Rick and morty one is the kick in the ass I need.

@bluesherbet2741

Жыл бұрын

Same 🥲

Shout out to the salt goblin skeleton holding CJ’s wine.

@cassandraburns9073

Жыл бұрын

Love to see another D20 fan, the salt goblins were one of my favorite parts of AcoFAF

@user-uu2cj9ct3j

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize the skeleton was there until halfway through the video

i was raised by an art family so my first encounter with "trying too hard" was one of my friends in middle school asking if her hair was trying too hard. i was mystified at the concept and she had to explain. years later as a teen i still found myself consumed with fears of trying too hard or being pretentious with my art. i only recently feel like at 23 im finally accepting how much i like my art and that its ok it's different and weird. i wish caring about things werent seen as inherently bad by society. but then again, if we cared about real things and listened to our bodies capitalistic america would collapse 😂 thanks for this video and many others. always inspires me to work a little harder at my projects ❤

I love watching CJ's videos on x2 speed because getting yelled at about art at mach 20 is a transcendent experience

@Drekromancer

Жыл бұрын

This is the most cultured comment I've ever seen.

New CJ The X videos feel like whatever a happiness jumpscare would be. I am never expecting it and an always delighted to see it

@rebekahjacintags3285

Жыл бұрын

You put this perfectly

CJ often feels like a speed run of art stuff, in the good sense that they 150% understand what they’re talking about to the point that they can sprint through it and still deliver more insight than any possible 44 minute lecture I’ve ever heard. It’s fucking incredible and I can’t wait for more. Also while this deranged but intimately understandable way of delivering jibes with my brain I can’t help but feel jealous that my ADHD doesn’t manifest in this way. God I wish I could be so salient and fluent and insightful in any aspect of my life I’m no artist but even my interests and hobbies suffer from these sins whenever I dare to think about doing something, creating, learning, or anything.

@AshleyTheSwift

Жыл бұрын

Your comment was very salient and fluent and insightful.

@arsenal4444

Жыл бұрын

I fully relate to your sentiment, gotta say though I've noticed I enter my own 'CJ mode' when some wrong or injustice pisses me off and sends me on a tirade of spiteful retaliation. So I think that might mean we each have our trigger, our GO signal, and that maybe you just need to find yours.

8 minutes in and im gonna publish the finished thing that i've been keeping locked up for a year and a half because it doesnt feel finished enough. thanks cj

Peak sloth: I have a little story based vaguely on a dream that lives in the back of my head. It has lived there for literal years. I use it purely to go to sleep. Specifically I use one scene that I have a full script for to stop the bad thoughts before bed.

CJ’s throwaway line in the Rick and Morty video “don’t negotiate with terrorists your ego is a terrorist” was what allowed me to remove the censors I’d put on myself. I’ve always wanted to be a reality game show producer and last Saturday I tested my first game. The idea of having my brain baby judged was frightening leading up to the event. But once the game got going holy shit I was in creative bliss as so many of my ideas were completely hits and others presented themselves as tweaks. Thanks for working myself out of this art sin, CJ the Xtra Speed Talker. You’re amazing

the nazis were also the ones who coined, "degenerate art" when referring to abstract, surrealism, basically anything not aesthetically sound, or anything that challenged the status quo

The greed part was like a therapy session with my high school bully (myself) punching me in the face, i haven't felt so called out since my math teacher said "everyone passed this test EXCEPT SOOOOOOMEONE"

Thank you for this video, CJ. It's been years since I've created any art, but I've never stopped thinking about it. I think this might have given me the kick in the rear I've been needing. Thank you so much.

@xzlrp47

Жыл бұрын

im excited to see what you make

watching cj videos feels like if my art teachers were actually good at their job and on aderall and threw whiteboard markers at me for interrupting

"I don't think GOT Season 8 is bad, I think it's wrong" is possibly the best 1 sentence descriptor I could ever hear tbh

im in the psych ward this video made my day

I hate that I am the unholy congolmeration of sins 1 and 2. In my personal defense, I HAVE released art though and been critically praised for it in my small circle. However, crippling mental health issues shattered my self-confidence to the point where I'm no longer sure I'm capable of creating anything worthwhile, hence the sins. This video simultaneously motiveated and demotivated me with warranted criticism and reopening of old scars. Annnnnd the ADHD isn't helping. Thanks, I hate and love it.

Ngl if this video had come out just a couple hours earlier the first sin woulda made me very bitter as a long burnout had devoured my desire to create art a couple years back. But. It just so happens that about an hour ago I went through my old sketchbooks on a whim to organize them and I am now willing to admit that yes, I would like to Art again.

@kieran163

Жыл бұрын

congratulations!! arting is good for you!!!!

@ihaverabies17

Жыл бұрын

DO IT!

I feel like this channel is a series of shower thoughts that were given lots and lots of fertilizer and sunlight and allowed to grow up to their maximum potential. It's always a fun ride and you can never entirely predict where the discussion is going to end up.

@m0ppp

Жыл бұрын

THIS IS EXPLAINS IT! There was just some unexplainable vibe that CJ videos always give off and I never could explain it but this is pretty perfect

The pretentiousness point is incredibly valuable culturally and societally. Took a really great class “Art As History” with a brilliant author and historian April Masten (wrote a book worth your time “Art Work”) where we examined and broke down the art mystique historically and where and how art went from another valuable trade/labor to a sort of exalted “othered” mystified product of singular genius. Really made me appreciate and value my work more as a writer and performer and made me feel more valid. Also, made me more skeptical of the fetishization of the idea of artists as rare, divine oracles apart from the rest of people who have a trade and work hard at it regularly.

“I do that for fun sometimes…. Bitch!” Is such a genuine flex and I’m jealous.

"Language, science, philopsophy. All afterthoughts." This quote is so important for me to remember. I love learning so much that I let it get in the way of my doing.

Timestamps for ease of referencing. 3:28 Sloth 5:40 Greed 9:22 Pride 14:21 Wrath 23:17 Lust 32:47 Envy 37:12 Gluttony

@zwishking6032

Жыл бұрын

it’s as if this is in the description…

@paolaarnez5840

Жыл бұрын

don't forget the bonus of sending BTS to the military 🕴🏽

@This_Is_Just_To_Say

Жыл бұрын

@@zwishking6032 That was either added in later or didn't load in for me previously for whatever reason, because I did check for timestamps in the description and there weren't any. I made timestamps for myself for ease of finding different parts.

@crystalross7943

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

“Generate and offer your art sincerely without the material expectation of reward” 31:54 This hits me so hard right now. A few weeks ago I had entered a huge art contest for high schoolers in my state. In the contest they rate your art from 1-4 and the pieces rated 4 can go to a state wide competition. I luckily got a 4 but had not been chosen for state, and it’s hurt me. Since then the only thing that I can think of when making art is “what can I do to make the judges see my art, what can I do to make them like it”. After all I put literal days into my piece and since it hadn’t gone to state I felt like I had wasted that time. But hearing this is making me slow down and realize, it doesn’t matter if they see it or not, I should just make something I enjoy instead. So thank you for that

You've encouraged me to continue working on the ideas that I've gathered over time and shelved. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it wants to be born. I have recently noticed that I stopped having new fresh ideas for stories or video games, then realised the reason was because I was scared of adding another thing to my backlog of projects. I hope that making time to complete some of the smaller ones will encourage me to let new ideas in once again.

I DM a Dungeons & Dragons game and I consider it art. When I run a game and the players and I vibe it's a beautiful thing. Total zen flow.

I never comment but since I’m early I’ll go for it. CJ you are almost the entire reason I started creating art after your R&M video. I’m sure I’m not the only person you’ve inspired. Thank you for telling me to make art even if it sucks, because no one else is.

@feybough7729

Жыл бұрын

I have had a very similar experience to this, I think we are in good company 🙂

@julesandmusic

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!

The Pride part about art and singing is absolutely wonderful and true. 💜🌌

You explain this with philosophical eloquence and a twitch shitposters fervor that is EXACTLY what my brain adores. I love this and every one of your works this is genuinely inspiring and incredible, this actively improves the world in its existence. I'm glad that you'll never remove this, and can't wait for the CG reboot directors cut you silently replace this with.

As someone who very much so fell into the "Big number on art = good art" spiral within my recent fan communities, I wish I had this video sooner. The entire Lust section feels like a punch to the gut. These are all lessons I've had to learn over the past few years, but never truly had the words to explain why they'd affected me so much. THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart, for making this.

I once told my friend about how I don't like the word pretentious and she said "wow that's kinda pretentious of you," and then when I tried to explain my reasoning she blamed it on college brainwashing me into becoming a hipster. So thank you for proving that I'm not alone in thinking the word should be banned from public discourse. It's nothing but a lazy excuse to punish artists for trying.

@arsenal4444

Жыл бұрын

I think it's a knee jerk response for the speaker to turn their insecurity about something they don't have a response to back on the other person as a shaming insult. I'd compare it to saying 'who hurt you' with how it's also used to shut down lived experience, and flip it as if it's a flaw with the person expressing something, and frame it as if it's something they should be hiding or people will look down on them for it. Whereas with art it's shutting down lived experience of being moved by something or some creation or piece of work.

The sections on Sloth and Greed singlehandedly kicked my ass into restarting work on a script I had been working on for a video essay I really feel a strong attachment to, so thank you for that genuinely. Fucking _Excellent_ video from start to finish.

I watch this video twice a week. Love you CJ! "It isn't a sin to care too much and it never will be." Is everything I need and more. Thank you!

God I absolutely love when CJ goes off the chain while doing what they're objectively best at: dissecting art and the purpose of artistry. It's a delight.

Alternating between mostly shouting "yes, this exactly, you put my thoughts into words" and then occasionally going "no, that's definitely not it" is the fantasting thing about this. So insightful with being intellectually challenging in the best way! (Sidenote: I find a lot of common ground between doing philosophy (my main thing/profession) and how you talk about doing art, so thanks for the insight about what the hell I'm doing with my life!)

@noashaham5438

Жыл бұрын

I’m interested, what points did you disagree with?

I needed this video. Creation paralysis is a hell of a drug

Watching this right as the edible kicks in for maximum rewatchability

@nunyabizness3101

Жыл бұрын

Just got to the knee rapping part, peak this g thing

I'm only at Greed and feel personally attacked. A friend of mine and I have been developing this idea for YEARS but I'M the one who draws, and I'M the one who can breathe true life into it, but I'm so petrified of my lack in ability that I don't put pen to page (or, rather, Apple Pencil to iPad) I've described the lore to friends in the past and they're like "holy shit, this sounds awesome!" and that makes me motivated... But again, I don't believe in my own abilities

@coenpelsrijcken8530

Жыл бұрын

other then cheering you on, I just wanna say I can't help but hear the apple pen guy when reading "apple pencil". good luck with your comic or whatever it is :) You've been given the responsibility to do the drawing, so clearly someone trusts you're abilities! Chau

@HelloHello-zk4el

Жыл бұрын

I BELIVE IN YOU

@herecomemacOnTT

Жыл бұрын

@@coenpelsrijcken8530 i think of the pineapple pen apple pen guy too! Thank you for your kindness ❤

@herecomemacOnTT

Жыл бұрын

@@HelloHello-zk4el THANK YOU STRANGER! ❤

@vivk2932

Жыл бұрын

Idk if this is much help, but you can bring the idea or something related to it to life now, and then as you gain confidence and improve your skills, you can always revisit that idea. Either way, good luck OP! we believe in you

Holy shit the parallels of these art sins to the actually sins was GENIUS, so happy someone finally told me that my perfectionism is selfish cause it kinda is also CJ's knees needs to come out with more bops

This is so good. I had to overcome a lot of this stuff when I published my first book of poetry last year. The only way I could make myself do it is to say, “This may suck but I’m finishing it come hell or high water.” And sure enough, it’s good! It isn’t perfect, but I’m proud of it and I refined my process while working on it. Now I’m working on many other projects without all the psychological distress practicing art used to bring me. You’re doing the lord’s work, CJ

A rapper I like wants all of their listeners to download their last album, as he plans to remove it from all platforms and replace it with a new album, for he wrote this new album with this plan in mind. I just sent him this videos link, with the wrath time stamp. I don't think he'll read my messages. But I wanted to share that I keep coming back to different parts of this video. It's so complete, fresh, argumentative and convincing. You are in service of art. Thank you for the inspiration and the resources. This comment is too long. Bitch!

@aLukepop

4 ай бұрын

Arguably, if that was sincerely his plan from the start, then that is part of his artistic intent for the object. If you're familiar with the channel Unnus Annus, think about that. I never watched that channel and I find it to be really interesting, but watching fan reuploads holds nothing more than a passing interest to me. It's just not the point. There isn't just no meaning in watching those videos it would destroy the meaning created by my experience of the art, as a bystander.

this video is almost singlehandedly giving me the strength to share my art online

This video makes me want to write a 200 page book of poetry immediately.

His insights, his music, EVERYTHING this man creates is f*cking GOLDEN.

this popped up right when i was going on my 15 minute break at my wage slave job. im going get back and theyre gonna say “bro what were you doing for 44 minutes and 9 seconds?!”

this video is genuinely beautiful and i love every minute of it, and i feel the need to say that before i completely ignore the main body of the work to tell u that the line "imagine getting shot in the head by junkook" made me fucking whEEZE

@nooffensebut4655

Жыл бұрын

same hahahaahah, i was so focused the entire video and then that lmao

God I love that you put the FMA antagonist song on the title cards for the sins

Whenever I get anxious about the quality of my writing I put on this video and have CJ scream at me about shutting up and making it. Works every time :)

as a molecular bio major with a possible art history minor, your videos are always amazing and leave me feeling incredibly seen. i rewatch them regularly and take away something new each time. sometimes i really feel like everyone around me is rushing through life and trying to get to the "good" part, but honestly as a disabled person hated by their college institution and the us gov for continuing to inconvenience them, i don't know how they justify that to themselves. sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is that inherent peace in the small things and the beauty in life. that even when i'm having the worst year of my life, i can still make a good cup of coffee, and the trees are still beautiful and a fresh breeze in the sunlight still warms me to the core. i started drawing again this year, and writing, and somewhere i lost that drive to make something perfect and just wanted to make it mine. i guess what im trying to say is thank you for your videos and the way you combine art, philosophy, morality, but also just keeping true to your intentions and likes. thank you for not making it sanitized and gentle. i think too many things are these days

@zombinary3138

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, I just wanted to let you know your comment was seen and appreciated. I hope you keep enjoying those beautiful trees and good coffee, and I hope I can start to think the same way as you do more and more.

@thequeertelope7941

Жыл бұрын

"sometimes the only thing that keeps me going is that inherent peace in the small things " same

Holy fuck this video has so many galaxybrain takes. You speak my entire art philosophy (including the things I regularly fall short of) into being and then forcefully kick it up several flights of stairs. (That whole Western brainworm 'leave Art to Artists' thing has irked me ever since high school social pressure forced everyone out of enjoying themselves, and being profoundly Bo Burnham-level uneasy with what algorithmic curation does to human experience but still needing to make a living as a musician/producer made the marketing-priorities part VERY soothing for the soul.) Love it. This one is gonna go on a loop for a while until I can understand it as fast as you talk. Cheers x

Love that this has come out so close to NaNoWriMo; if ever I needed chaotic critical encouragement... Thanks!

@tulasiholdridge

Жыл бұрын

Hi! Because I saw your comment at ~10pm on November 1st, I did NaNoWriMo on a whim, and I ended up writing for fun more than I have maybe ever in my life. Thank you :]

@SonofaSorceress

Жыл бұрын

@@tulasiholdridge Hey! That's amazing! I'm glad you took a shot and had some fun, too. I've always found enjoyment in NaNoWriMo, even if I don't always win. I did win this year, though, and I've decided to move forward with serious editing of another project because of this CJ vid.

This video is art to me and I am now incredibly aware of so many sins I commit and damn these verses be persuasive. It's true that the internet is both a blessing and a curse because now more than ever are we able to connect with others by authentically expressing ourselves but also the fear of being called cringe and the self-doubts in our minds if we are being true to ourselves or just chasing clout leads to a paralyzed state. But every day I find myself full of joy from fan works made with love, joy which I would not experience if they decided not to share it. Art is powerful like that. Love shows so visibly if you let it. Sometimes you just need CJ to tell you "Caring too much is not a sin and it never will be." and "If you want to make work that you love for people who love your work, the only way to do that is to make work you love and see if other people like it or not. And they might not... but they MIGHT. And you're never going to know unless you do what you convicted as excellent." and-- ...actually I might just end up quoting the whole video. Anyway I love this. Very engaging insight!

why do you always release video essays on art whenever i feel too self conscious to even continuing creating my ideas

@luisawashere4630

Жыл бұрын

CONTINUE EM👹👹👹

@Ixarus6713

Жыл бұрын

Take that self-consciousness and turn it into the art! Wrap that variable up in a constant so you can always remember how it felt to be stuck, then when you find yourself stuck in the quicksand again you'll have written yourself a step-by-step guide on getting out. Or maybe it'll be a clue or something, I dunno how your brain works.

@luisawashere4630

Жыл бұрын

@@Ixarus6713 bro this actually helps, imma try and do that! Thanks for the tip;)

@Ixarus6713

Жыл бұрын

@@luisawashere4630 yw 😁

@meryllejoyercilla5387

Жыл бұрын

do it bich

Until around 6 months ago I basically never finished an art piece because I never thought it was good enough, then I started doing pointillism and swore to myself id finish every piece I started and now Ive seen myself improve so much more then when I never finished it, it's great how much it can change you

As a filmmaker, you’re teaching me how to respect the process, respect art, respect my integrity and to let go of empty pride. So glad I found you in that cat video 😂

I started learning the ukulele when I was housebound from panic attacks/agoraphobia. I played the same AJJ songs every morning. First time I played around other people was during a work-staycation at a commune and two people told me that hearing me play in the morning brought them joy. First time I played in public was busking in the city playing my favourite weird "everything is awful but that's okay" type songs. A young guy came up and asked me to play something happy and he sat beside me and cried (when I was finished I walked with him and kept him company). Last year I performed onstage for the first time and played four songs along the same lines. I was so nervous I forgot the words to all of them, my voice was shaking and I made jokes about it. One of the songs was my own about having panic attacks in public. Afterwards someone came up to me and thanked me for playing them because they needed to hear those messages and that me being brave enough to make mistakes made them feel brave enough to sing during open-mike. Right now I'm back at the start, having panic attacks whenever I think of leaving the house but I can look forward to playing music (badly) for people who need to hear it again.

"having discriminating taste should not cut you off from others, it should deepen your engagement with the mundane." Gosh.

Hey CJ… you just made me a better person today. You’re take on using the P-Word really opened my eyes to how it’s wrong to use it to critique art. I shan’t be using that word again, subsequently becoming less of an as*hole than I was yesterday! Which is ultimately what we’re all striving for. Thank you. Love the videos. The world is better off with this art in it!

11:50 "Pretentiousness really means an attempt to seem more sophisticated and prestigious than you are. It's a critique of artifice, of pompousness, of a lack of sincerity. Those more concerned with their ego and status than their art". Using this logic, I would argue that not making art out of fear of being labelled "pretentious" is pretentious in itself. Not creating because you're concerned of what others will think is valuing your "ego and status" more than your "art". Why aren't you being authentic and vulnerable? Is it because you're afraid you won't be seen as "prestigious", or skilful? Because I think that that is what fear of being seen as pretentious often comes down to, and I need to remember to ignore it. Thanks, CJ. This video is going to push me in the right direction.

me: shows video to my husband because I thought he might like it husband: falls asleep me: rewatches anyway and comes out with renewed motivation :)

Do y'all remember how Mr. Rogers would announce that he was feeding his fish solely because of a letter sent by a blind girl asking him to? CJ I need you to drink out of your wine glass more. It is not important, and you don't even need to take drinks, just doing the glass-mouth motions is fine. I need to know that you didn't waste the wine. It is very important to me for literally no concrete reason.

the entire game industry needs to watch this video and make it echo infinitely into their ears. sick knee verse btw.

This video is everything. I don’t even know how to explain it, everytime i watch it i realise something new.

This might be one of the most important KZread videos I have ever seen and the timing of the upload is perfect, all year I've been working on my first video which contains a lot of animation so I've been stuck on the greed sin since I can never finish the project - after watching this video I realized that I shouldn't be a total perfectionist and just strive to finish the video so I can prove I can have an idea develop/create it and then release it. I was thinking it was so perfect that if it were released I'd get an instant 1 million views - the video might just reach a small audience but they might enjoy it and want to follow everything else I make next - I was tempted with trying to make it appeal to the algorithm and following the stats but I'm just going to make something I enjoy and can look back on fondly and hope others will too.

He's like this passionate teacher. He speaks with a lot grit. He's effort comes thru and the viewer can feel it. Thanks for the inspiration.

This fact that video doubles as an exploration of the philosophy behind the 7 deadly sins almost incidentally ... Beautiful

this video has made me appreciate myself and my craft way more than my three years in therapy

There's a quote I read somewhere several years ago, and have never been able to find the original. From what I recall it's something along the lines of 'perfection is a quality devoutly to be striven toward, and never to be achieved'.

Coming from Super Eyepatch Wolf's Nathan Fielder video there seems to be a similar idea around 12:00 in this video about assessing the idea of "authenticity" when it comes to art, and I think it's because the definition of authenticity has transformed over the last 20 years or so. Something being "authentic" now is seen as something that is automatically of value or good just because is isn't mulled over, but I sincerely doubt most people would like it if script writers asked money for first drafts or songs came out with bad vocal takes kept in. The same thing happened with "Talent", when an artist is shown to be capable in their craft they aren't really seen as someone who has slaved months, years, or even decades to become good but someone "naturally gifted". It's ironic how unrealistic/unhealthy these skewed definitions are even though they're trying to give off the exact opposite