Noah McAlister
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i didn't know what to make a video about so i made a video on not knowing what to make a video about
Fun fact: the video title is exactly 100 characters long, which is the maximum length for a title on youtube. This was not on purpose.
As I said, making a video on not knowing what to make a video about has actually been the strongest pull I’ve had to make a video in a while. I was planning on editing one or two of the videos I have filmed already, but it felt necessary to do this one
VIdeo by Noah McAlister
Thanks for watching!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - intro
00:33 - i. writer’s block is a myth (i think?)
03:36 - ii. doing something about not knowing what to do
07:38 - iii. in spite of it all…
11:04 - iv. Jack of all trades, master of none
MUSIC
Catherine OST - “Roux,” “Thus Spoke Brooks,” “Lamb Game Between Male and Female,” “Stray Sheep,” “Good Morning, New Day”
Vampire: The Masquerade -- Bloodlines OST - “Vesuvius”
Ambient rain sounds
VIDEOS REFERENCED
Signalis and The Dissolution of Self: A Video Essay -- th-cam.com/video/7NzPKQcbT-g/w-d-xo.html
Is Silent Hill 4 Too Weird to be Scary? -- th-cam.com/video/KED-m2aLc58/w-d-xo.html
Kurosawa interview: th-cam.com/video/c_Au3PUeR_c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mr2CCjIhoQ17FQQp
(this interview is uploaded and taken down randomly, i think. If this link dies, lmk and I’ll fix it)
PLAYLISTS
Creativity playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLSsfs4gt3iCJknFDNioG3TOGKjFr_i_mo.html
Hopeposting/life stuff playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLSsfs4gt3iCISTMrQk8zUXlDM9MMf3Emw.html
Video Essays: th-cam.com/play/PLSsfs4gt3iCLOy4rYyckZT-3rtsPQ1ujI.html
Talking About Horror: th-cam.com/play/PLSsfs4gt3iCLDJXmP3J-Ygo6nq4wOi66d.html
All My Stuff by Noah McAlister: th-cam.com/play/PLSsfs4gt3iCLDUZXatagL99kW8eBqiVej.html
xoxo
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This video was filmed on April 19, 2023, along with two others: the No Longer Human review I did back in May 2023; and another one that hasn’t been released. I’ve held onto the footage ever since then and it’s been in the back of my mind. I wasn’t sure if I was going to put it out, but after reviewing the footage not long ago, I figured I should. The edits and all were done by me now, so only t...
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Try subscribe, praise the video. fort nite! I’m shocked at how quickly I was able to get this together. I had to re-record the audio bc it got messed up the first go round. Hope y’all like this Also, some corrections: I say Elden Ring sold 12 million copies, but no, it's sold closer to 25 million And I said "uncertain rewards are more stimulating than certain rewards," and I think that's true, ...
Faces...Tris III: An Occult Grimoire Disguised as a 1990 DOS Game?
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retirement is a scam (DON'T WAIT TO BE HAPPY): a video essay
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you can have anything you want (for a price)
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“Don’t you want to be everything?” - “30 under 13,” better lovers That line has been echoing through my head. I’m glad I got this video out. It’s been a struggle The story I retell at the end is from a greentext, I think. I forgot to include it in the actual video, and when I searched for it on Google, I couldn’t immediately find it. I swear I have it on my phone though EDIT: link to the origin...
90% of success comes from just showing up
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  • @t1ll316
    @t1ll316 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The butt thing is just realistic since cats make it a sport to show off their..crater

  • @dropsdelamiel
    @dropsdelamiel 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Went back and found the other video. Ew lol

  • @ArchivistShepard
    @ArchivistShepard 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Could this be a comfort? Didn't expect teacher.

  • @QVIIETTNESS
    @QVIIETTNESS 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this video hits hard and i love it, im wishing you the best in your art journey!!

  • @alexanderly3711
    @alexanderly3711 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man this literally made me fucking cry

  • @Brb558
    @Brb558 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man fck it all fr

  • @loregaming3634
    @loregaming3634 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Im a writer, currently working on my first novel. Ive recently been dealing with all of these issues that youve talked about. I put on this video and some calm music i picked up my notebook to keep writing and i started to cry. I even now am crying writing this. Because ive never had this struggle validated by anyone, its hard to write its hard to put these word onto paper and to tell a story. Its hard to know that everyone expects me to have a plan b. Its really really hard. But as i dry my eyes and finish this comment, i just want to thank you. This video your words and validation is something that i have never truly experienced. I decided to write after my world fell apart all around and even then it took me 6 months before i picked up a pen. And when i did i gave up a page into that story. It wasnt right for me not the story i needed to tell. Now i know what i need to write. Thank you for giving me the courage to write this. And the courage to write my novel. Oneday when its published ill think back on this and ill find some way to thank you again even if you dont see it. Thank you so much.

  • @sourhop
    @sourhop 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sobbed! Very good video. Thank you for it

    • @sourhop
      @sourhop 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Like seriously this made me realize some things and made me think about what I want out of life and I’ve been subconsciously avoiding that. I tend to be held back by self doubt but that self doubt is always unfounded because I can always get better which sounds like it doesn’t make sense but it does to me

    • @sourhop
      @sourhop 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It probably does make sense to you though. Any artist

  • @loregaming3634
    @loregaming3634 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The persona 5 idle music is a nice touch

  • @meakiez
    @meakiez 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    literally so hard getting back into art. Ive been in artblock for about a year now and im picking up my pencil more often and attending my class. its so hard but its what i want and it took me awhile to realize that i needed to WANT to do it inorder to even start

  • @allowyou9225
    @allowyou9225 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This album is awful.... The production sounds like it was recorded in an airport bathroom.... Been a fan for 40 years this album is garbage......They haven't released anything worth listening to since David Allen stopped producing their albums.... The Cure is a great live act to this day ! But they have NOT released a decent album since 1992 ... Fact...

  • @claireyoset
    @claireyoset 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My manager at work lent me this manga, and I read it while on my break. I feel like I never fully grasped it, but this video made me really appreciate it more now. I should read it again. I should also draw again, it's been hard after I've lost the one who supported me the most. Thank you.

  • @SkiaRemori
    @SkiaRemori 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was a very timely video. Thank you.

  • @twojuiceman
    @twojuiceman 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Meme review channel bro. I been tellin' you

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Be careful what you wish for...

  • @MagnenoAlexWilkins
    @MagnenoAlexWilkins 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i have no interest in writing or music as was also touched upon but i think whats discussed is still applicable in other parts of life. also another fantastic video

  • @NoobyNot
    @NoobyNot 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    See how I always interpreted this ending was James feeling in his head that she was murdered by him. Mary being there saying that he didn't do anything out of hatred may imply that he didn't kill her but instead neglected her in her final hours, that he may have tried killing her and couldn't bring himself to do it. That she instead had died in his care on the visit home that she wrote about in her letter. The ending we see is his conscious trying to get him to see that his guilt is valid but needs to be lifted from his shoulders. Idk if that's right or not as it's been a minute since I beat SH2 last and I am eagerly waiting for the remake to come out before I experience the story again.

  • @Citizen_Kate
    @Citizen_Kate 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    first 3rd of this video is sooooo where i feel i am at in the trajectory of my current channel - i like your advice and insights, thank you!

  • @SSimon
    @SSimon 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this type of video reminds me a lot of greg guavara, who I watch a lot.

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh wow, I didn't know he had a second channel about art till this. I really love a few of his Jreg vids, like the "end the world war trilogy" and "I want to die in a war" ones. I'll need to actually watch some of his art ones

  • @adnanrawashdeh3965
    @adnanrawashdeh3965 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    An absolute masterpiece in every aspect

  • @rorynol8630
    @rorynol8630 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I originally put this video on to listen in the background as I drew (for the first time in a week or so, might i add) but as it went on, it just kept calling my for my full attention. I had to put down my pencil, sit back, and really take in what you were saying. It resonated deeper than I could've ever imagined. The simple profoundness of being an artist is beautiful, and this video only served to bring attention to it. It highlights every part of it, from the birth of an artist to the beautiful and most ugly parts of actually /being/ an artist. This was a beautiful thing to witness, It really had my mind whirling (In a good way, of course.) Amazing job man

  • @Pollymacho
    @Pollymacho 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Listen carefully and then well done!

  • @aliceroselostin
    @aliceroselostin 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you.

  • @facelessmiasma4664
    @facelessmiasma4664 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I find that art is one of those things that you can’t just walk away from- not as an artist at least. There is always a new idea for a piece in your head or, hey that shadow looks like a cat, or that color is beautiful, what is it?, or something drifting through your mind day in and day out about art. I think it’s why artists are often attributed with the ‘gifted’ quality - everything we see is art.

  • @mikazuki1955
    @mikazuki1955 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    “What’s your back up plan?” Idk I’ll pull a Van Gogh? 💀

  • @mallowion
    @mallowion 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is extremely accurate ❤

  • @transsexual_computer_faery
    @transsexual_computer_faery 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this is the kind of video i download for my offline youtube archive. it's the perfect vibe to just get lost into. esoteric or eccentric content about whatever , narrated by a pleasant voice.

  • @VivianGarza-g3k
    @VivianGarza-g3k 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Davis Sharon Rodriguez Daniel Robinson Patricia

  • @a_ganiko
    @a_ganiko 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks man❤ The video is amazing

  • @Dark_Peace
    @Dark_Peace 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "idk any underground rock band with a style completely their own" Listen to Protomen, my man. My favorite group. Join us, so too can bet on what is gonna come first. Protomen act 3 or Hollow Knight Silksong?

  • @sandwitchchwan416
    @sandwitchchwan416 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I watched this video while having an artistic crisis the bath tub (I am a senior in art school). This helped me drain the tub and get back at my desk - hopefully I draw more this time

  • @siennahopkins4288
    @siennahopkins4288 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:28 hahhahaha

  • @SkiaRemori
    @SkiaRemori 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I read this one a very, very long time ago. So my impressions may be a little inaccurate. The first half of the book I remember feeling like it went over my head. I knew it as this big defining work of literature, so I thought maybe there was something I wasn't getting. Listening to you describe it, however, I wonder if that was somewhat intended? I think at the core of Esther's depression were, to some extent, her sense of indecisiveness and alienation towards her life. I still think the New York part could have been refined a bit, but in light of what follows, the first half of the book makes sense. The second half illustrates really well that kind of mindset where suicide becomes a sort of understandable, almost expected action to take. It's haunting, but accurate in showing how attempts can start from being passive and internal fixations and then easily active and 'dramatic' events. The ending was particularly good. I find these confessional, 'novel-with-a-key' type stories really fascinating, to be honest. At the time it was written that way to avoid libel, I'm sure. But looking at it retroactively, it's really interesting that biography and fiction got melded together like that. I read some writing advice recently, which warned against leaving a single character on their own for too long because their perspective would eventually lapse into memory or fantasy, but that only made me think. What elements of life or narrative are best expressed as fiction over fact? It's a neat idea. More literature videos would be great. I did not study English, so you're bound to be more well-read than me!

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I really like your interpretation of Esther's indecisiveness as an element that plays heavily into her depression. With that in mind, I think you're right, that the NY section makes more sense. And yeah, I find myself enjoying these sorts of novels too. I reread No Longer Human at the same time as when I first read The Bell Jar, and I think the two have a lot in common (and iirc, I even say that in my No Longer Human vid from May 2023?). I think that's a really great piece of advice, and I think it's something that I've more or less had to figure out on my own, through trial and error; it's not very exciting when you just have a character alone, thinking about themselves lol And idk that I'm particularly well read haha. I always feel like I need to read more, but that may just be a part of my personality. So idk. I'd like to do more short videos that aren't time consuming in the same vein as this one, and I've been reading more, so hopefully more lit videos are to follow! Thank you for your comment!

  • @Halfdeadhottie
    @Halfdeadhottie 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank u for telling me gerard made peni parker my world is complete now

  • @brycecollins7550
    @brycecollins7550 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No Grace Ahead, in Short, Ahh, So lonely...

  • @iunyue
    @iunyue 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    thank you for sharing. truly amazing storytelling, very very pleasant to listen to

  • @rochipastrello4403
    @rochipastrello4403 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This made me cry but it felt comforting at the same time. I feel like we as artists (or maybe as humans) always see the flaws, all that we lack. I started studying to become an art teacher and it feels ironic that this is the year i made the least amount personal or cathartic art. Its the year I wrote less stories and every day feels like the list of homework is neverending. Sisyphus myth in all its glory. But at the same time its been a year full of connection with other artist, a year of building friendships and finding kindred spirits. Finding another artists with different backgrounds and expiriences, but also fundamentally the same: we love creating and hate it at the same time. Some days it feels like im alone and time is finite and never enough. Other days I see that a lot of it is my head, making me doubt and see the bad in all i make, in everything i do as "never enough". But seeing a video like this, or talking with a friend, or seeing work of art that moves me to tears, exites me and fills me with emotions... I realize that we are alive and we are constantly telling stories (to ourselves or to others) and that we get to chose the ending ... or, at least, what we are gonna do the next chapter, where we put the focus on. Thank you for this video and thanks to every artist out there! I hope we can all keep making stories and (as Fujino does) rewrite the endings

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I found your words very comforting and touching, so thank you for sharing. I wish you the best

    • @rochipastrello4403
      @rochipastrello4403 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you! ​@@noahmcalister i wish you the best too and im glad my word reached you (just as your video reached me <3 )

  • @AugustRx
    @AugustRx 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He said messaging system twice through the whole video

  • @EtherBotGames
    @EtherBotGames 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    don't give up, skeleton! therefore offer healing

  • @emdeo
    @emdeo 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    could this be a dog?

  • @RaxiazRedux
    @RaxiazRedux 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Soothing video as usual:)

  • @bred9901
    @bred9901 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hello chainsaw man

  • @realdeepak123
    @realdeepak123 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @bibi2k189
    @bibi2k189 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for making this video. It was very much needed in my life. Like in the comics, I have too heard the phrase, in middle school, that I was going to become too big to draw. Or thinking that art is useless. But without art in my life I got depression, while with art came acceptance, healing, and feeling alive. It's an imperative.

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Considering I love silent hill. I’d say love and silent hill are connected.

  • @n4y3l_
    @n4y3l_ 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this video has been sitting in my watch later playlist for at least a month. when i finally got to watch it, i didnt even realize "look back" was a manga and not just part of the video's title lmao. i watched it anyway and it was already really good and prompted me to buy look back and read it for myself. and man it was SO GOOD. im an artist too and i agree w many things said in this video ab it. also this video helped me understand the story more so i rly appreciate it :))

  • @UndeadGirlCyber
    @UndeadGirlCyber 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:32 I feel it is thematically appropriate to mention that the game "exquisite corpse" was invented by surrealists. (Y'know, that game where you have a piece of paper, draw a head, fold it, the next person draws the torso, you fold it, etc. until you have a bunch of fully formed monstrosities.)

  • @robloxgaming-ye8gl
    @robloxgaming-ye8gl 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't consider myself an artist but I still draw. Your video is very motivating and I hope to read your writings one day. 😊

  • @ArchivistShepard
    @ArchivistShepard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey man what the hell I'm FULLY dissociating. Put a trigger warning in next time. 🙃

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No price is too great to pay for the wisdom of the universe...

    • @ArchivistShepard
      @ArchivistShepard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Damn, you right, you right. Perhaps in time I will see the light between the creases of a thousand mismatched lips and noses. I wait on your wisdom. 👁👃👁

  • @for8tyP
    @for8tyP 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My goat is becoming unhinged

    • @noahmcalister
      @noahmcalister 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I feel like the opposite of unhinged. I am very...hinged

    • @transsexual_computer_faery
      @transsexual_computer_faery 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@noahmcalister said the least high person ever