Taste

“Once we develop good taste, we can apply it to our own work.” - Ira Glass.

At first, what we create will pale in comparison to influences we are so beholden to but over time we can close the gap between where we are and where we want to be.

That is because our good taste will forever be the lens of the level of quality that we strive to meet or exceed.

It is a kind of sober self-awareness, the ultimate absence of self-delusion that forbids us to settle and keeps us exploring our craft until one day that craft becomes our art.