My husband and I watch a lot of creators on YouTube, as you may have figured out from the number of those I recommend. Thing is, there is an amazing amount of creativity on the internet and it comes on many forms, and since we “cut the cord” with cable when I retired we consume a lot more video via streaming services.
One of the people we have been watching for several years, long before the aforementioned cable cutting, is Adam Savage. We have watched, or listened to, several incarnations of his work: podcasts The Adam Savage Project and This Is Only a Test, several YouTube channels, and of course his work during the 10 seasons of Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel.
Savage is a leading proponent of the maker movement, something that I hope I am as well (okay, not so much ‘leading’ but we’re working on that!). He produces several segments on YouTube each week. He has also been working primarily solo since the pandemic and as a result his segments have often been more personal and revealing over the last months.
I know I have talked about imposter syndrome before, but sometimes it takes hearing the information from several sources before it fully sinks in.
We recently re-watched this episode of “Ask Adam Savage” because it somehow popped up in our recommendations (Who knows how YouTube selects the things it recommends?) and we realized that it contained some good insights to the creative process. Savage is entertaining and often has stories to tell, so it is well worth watching the entire video, about 40 minutes.
But if you are short on time, or don’t find him nearly as entertaining as we do, or if you just aren’t interested, I recommend you at least skip to about the 16:35 time and listen to him talk about imposter syndrome.
I enjoy Savage’s content in general, and I urge you to explore his Tested website https://www.tested.com/ to see what he’s doing that may speak to you on your own creative journey. I get something out of almost every segment he releases, and even when I don’t have a lightbulb moment I have a good time listening to his stories and watching his creations come to life.
I think you will too!