What Do You Expect

Photo by Efe Kurnaz

“Have no expectations.” That’s what they say. Just enter into a project or a relationship without any precondition for how you hope it will turn out.

I say that’s bullshit.

Expect your art to be great. Enter into a relationship with standards you expect your partner to match. And if they don’t, you don’t stay.

Expectations motivate us to do better. To be better. To push our art to the limits of our imagination. It forces us to be inventive, to think of new perspectives. I’ve lived with expectations my entire life. And while it can feel overwhelming at times, it has elevated who I am and what I expect from myself.

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