I mess with this hard. When I was accepted into art college I had no money to buy any of the things I needed, so a homie hit me up to help him start a clothing brand. I painted everything for them and they would pay me for it, which helped me afford all my necessities for freshman year. I ended up really getting into it and without realizing it I manifested my career. My senior year of college a clothing company came on campus to recruit which never happened before and I applied and out of like 30 kids I was chosen to fly out to said company and was offered a job and had an 11 year career in the apparel industry working for a lot of very well known companies. This all started from a place of feeling like my art sucks at one point, now I know it doesn't. Appreciate your words sir.
I made it ...came from divorcedb2 homeless ...i made it to my own apartment now im creating my back art i had stored in my head now my art is everywhere in house ...enjoying my own art my own music i created i made it ...and im happy
Phuc yea keep kicking ass. That's coming from somebody who was a 20-year heroin addict with over a year and a half clean who's really trying to do the same and have neglected my heart for almost a year. Mainly because of the medication I'm on and trying to wean myself off of has just shut down any artistic wants for me.
today, I went into a random clothing store in San Francisco to buy a notebook and after bringing it home, i found it that it is a notebook with your painting on it from 2015. You're one of my favorite artists. What a synchronicity!
God, I needed this. I've been running away from my art, not touching my materials, not drawing anything, not painting anything. For. Twenty. Freaking. Years. Living without it feels like having lost half of myself. Like twins separated at birth, knowing the "other" is somewhere out there, but you can't reach them. The only good thing about it was the fact that my brain couldn't live without the stimulation and looked for other ways to deal with all the crazy creativity. But none of them were truly fulfilling. Only writing short stories came close to the joy I used to feel when drawing. This video came to me at the right time. ❤
This is the tough love too many people need to hear. If you aren’t striving to FAIL as an artist, then all you’re doing is what you already know how to do. You have to risk things, you have to look stupid, you have to fuck it all up, you have to stop being comfortable or you do not grow, you do not figure it all out. Stop worrying about making “it”, and worry about making good art. You probably are never going to reach the goals you think you want - fame or whatever - you gotta define your own success and just keep working.
I was reflecting on the "my art sucks" feelings just yesterday. I look at my IG feed and my lack of engagement/lack of productivity/lack of consistency and realise it's because I am not being authentic in my creativity. I got trapped with people-pleasing, trying to make work to please an algorithym. It's never worked for me. I started working on a new body of work a couple of weeks ago and BAM! as soon as I tapped into something authentic in the work, I fell in love with it and it flowed. I won't be sharing it with anyone any time soon. I need to be with it and nurture it in solitude for a while yet. I find sharing on social media is a good way to kill my authentic connection to my intuitive creative voice. Great video, thanks for sharing!
Divine and Intertwined, thirty third to click that shit dont matter, forget time and the mad hatter chitter chatter that tends to clash and clatter with what really matters, more paint splatter
@@Daygothpeople don’t natural suck try to reflect on your yourself see if you’re able to identify anything wrong or just something to improve in yourself I know you’re prolly joking but I just felt compelled to mention this if anyone reads it 😂 idk
Everyone sucks. Just try to own that fact, and try your best you can manage to suck a bit less in the ways that matter most to you and everyone else. The things you cannot but help keep sucking at, at least open up honestly about it to people in your life, explaining why you have this problem and they must face dealing with you with it and that together you can find either ways to work around it, or respect their boundaries and accept them if they decide if they can't put up with your sucking and need space or compromises.
You’re the uncle I didn’t think I needed. I used to draw every single day. One of my relatives said don’t focus on art so much, but not only that I’ve also lost almost all my creativity from the daily grind of life. I hope it comes back soon
maybe try drawing stories for your child. Or they do a scribble and you make something from it. I loved to do this style of art with my daughter, but she is all grown up now and moved out 😢
@@peacefulGHILLIE thank you for your reply! Recently my kid has been doing one scribble a day and I try to engage them in the process but it’s been slow. I am sure that with time there will be more opportunities to create things more than 5 minutes a day 😁
I used to ask myself if I was an artist, I wondered if other people thought I was an artist or if they saw what I did as a hobby. I have to create to survive, without the creation my soul will die. So yes I am an artist, I exist to create and I create to exist. Fuck the selling yourself, art has become 20% creation and 80% marketing, branding, and selling yourself, the best artists out there may be completely unknown.
Paying for your beans while uncompromisingly preserving autonomy is 80% marketing. This is nearly universal. Don't care about autonomy? You don't need to market. If you want art to buy your beans without marketing you can always fill the time between somebody else's key frames. Maybe you buy your beans a different way. I think it's good to endorse compassion for all paths.
@@joshleap I am still interested and do have compassion for all paths, but I see it wreck my friends trying so hard to market themselves, and honestly its becoming increasingly hard to just function with a normal job these days. I will continue to experiment and explore all options. I really want to start an underground gallery for outsider artists and help foster a supportive artistic community where I live. I want to not just lift myself up but help others also struggling and foster collaboration and networking. So many get pushed into individual struggles and capitalism/social media pushes us to compete, resent, envy rather than support and form collectives. I just hope I can create a path to not only help myself but others and I desperately want a collective, working on it. 🙂
Hey man, i don't know how old you are but I (18M) really think the same way you do. I started to get more in touch with myself and open my view on the world, reading Rick Rubin's book really helped that process. I wanna discover myself while i'm young and use my creativity and energy of my twenies to enjoy the beauty of the world. Curretly i'm in a really intense university cursus but i just stay here for the things we learn that i find really interessting and not the typical things we learn and reflect on in the school system. So while i'm staying there to have greater general culture and knowledge, i think about quitting at the end of next year, to learn music, drawing, designing, cooking, being a monk, sculping, producing.. My parents are very open and completly understand my point of view, but i don't know how will i get to survive (like you nicely said) economically while experiencing the real life we should all get to know more. I can't just keep learning new things in school for free i guess, or spend time with exeprienced people to be submerge by their skills. If you would like to share with me what was your journey, and maybe what you think would be a great track for me to go on (if you get my current way of thinking and wanting to be), it would be a real pleasure :)
I read a book called "Haben oder Sein" (To have or to be) by Erich Fromm. In it he describes the "commodification of human life", likening it to a handbag or an item of trade. He calls us "human handbags", because we have to commodify ourselves to sell who we are and what we have to offer. The book was written in 1976, it's almost 50 years old. And we have perfected self-commodification, it seems. The problem I have is, I cannot be genuine when I have to sell myself. I might as well sell out what I believe in. So my method is: I do what I like. If someone buys it, fine. If not I have to find other ways, which also include doing every other job available to me. Then I commodify the part of my life for money I don't care about, and keep doing what I love without having to sell out. You don't rise to a challenge by lamenting it.
@@dddaaa6965 I was more trying to suggest that being "creative" can be about more than just physical art. That being human and exercising agency over ones life can be a creative process in itself.
This is why I'm a real fan. You put it into words on this video. I love that you push limits, mostly internal, in such a kind way. I wish I would have done it more like that.
This isn't about art, but. When my dad passed away unexpectedly in early 2022, I "talked" to him often when alone in my room. Out loud and in my head. About how much I missed him, and how things were going and things that I wish that I would have been able to tell him before he died. Part of me really feels like he heard me and it really helped me through my grief.
A study conducted in the UK found that people with the highest quality of life-defined as being able to pay the bills and also having ample "time" (which should be more important than money)-earned between £26,000 and £40,000 something annually (the exact figures escape me). This makes sense: with too little money, you struggle; with too much, you likely buy more and have less time for family, friends, and most importantly, yourself. You can always make more money, but you can't create more time. If you can do what you love every day, then you have financial success.
I absolutely LOVE your directness and finally pressed follow everywhere I could find you. I took a leap at the age of 45, and I got stuck for the last 5 years on a stupid hamster wheel of creating for everyone else, for money, for stupid useless popularity… I had surgery in March and I promised to stop that, I don’t need to create for anyone else but me. I promised to create with abandon without fear without external buzzing and whispers. I’m almost 60 and idgaf about all that noise anymore. I have a life that’s amazing kids that love me a husband that is inspiring and supportive. I struggle a bit with chronic pain but here’s the thing- doctors told me I’d be in a wheelchair by age 30 and I ignored that and I’m still standing . So, I have a good life by ignoring the buzz, and now I’m going to continue my art journey the same way. I’m establishing a mindfulness morning ritual, lucid dreaming, creating and living with abandon like I was doing before I let everyone tell me I should be going after fame or money or all that garbage. It’s always nice to hear someone else sort of confirm to be free with my creativity.
Some of the best advice I've ever heard. Been familiar with his name for decades, but never gave him time he deserved. I finally sat down & gave him my attention, the title with "Delusional Artist" caught my attention, I feel all truly great artist would be considered delusional amongst the status quo thinkers in society. Not one second wasted of this 8:51. Thank you, fine sir!
Dude I needed this. My grandfather was a professional oil painter and instructor, he started teaching me when I was 5. He was the biggest role model in my life. He passed away 7 years ago from Alzheimer’s, and I put all my supplies in storage. I couldn’t pick up a brush until a few weeks ago. I was just offered the opportunity to paint and only paint for an entire month. An opportunity most people at 28 don’t get, I can feel my world coming back together. Thank you David Choe for the advice, I’ll take it to heart this month.
I've been a delusional idealistic artist my whole life but my parents voices inside my head keep telling me it's pointless to go on with this escapist nonsense and to get a job, get my life together, be responsible, etc, etc. It is too noisy with all the harsh voices so thanks for giving me permission to just be a delusional artist and get on with it. How terrible could it really be to just allow myself the indulgence? Thanks for your videos. They are great art-therapy :)
I haven’t made art in years for fear of failure. But everyday internally I’m upset with myself for not creating something that day. I’m gunna play these videos and make something👍
I really like the “you made it now” because I am so grateful for how my life has landed and my art brings me so much joy. Ideally my stories will one day be enough to live on, but I am still so grateful for today
You're spitting facts about telepathy and tapping into the infinite divinity of "Self". I have done sooooo much healing work like that and have communicated across time and space with loved ones just by meditating and feeling what comes up. Everyone can tap into that, you just have to fir the mind and live with the heart.
I've only ever done it laying down too! Hoping prayer can help me organize the chaos in my mind a bit so I can be more focused and decisive. Maybe this will be the weekend that I finally finish a painting! Also praying that I get to meet you someday soon.
You are the Art Buddha. The Maitreya Maestro! I am now inspired and can’t thank you enough. I have a BFA in art and all I learned to do is paint still lifes, landscapes, and figures. I lost my passion because those things bore me to tears. No more.
thank you, David! I meet this thing, that about connecting with things before connecting with them. I know that voice. And right now, right after these your message to us, to me, I do catch this thing on next level. Thank you
Something I'm really appreciating that you're sharing your David, is this could be applied to any pursuit in life. Whether you are building a business, creating art, writing a book or simply living your version of life, there is a level of fearlessly doing so that we are each invited to. And I believe those of us who are on this journey understand that these thresholds continue to appear. It's not a single destination. It's a constant invitation, deeper and deeper into ourselves. And we get to decide if we say yes or no. By the way, we focus and move each and every day. Appreciate you and your candor
I met you this week and you have already changed my life in so many ways. I am also an artist and I am increasingly exploring to free myself in front of a blank canvas and ceasing to be a slave to the algorithm. Thanks a lot buddy, we (little artists) needs you ❤
Thank you, i hit this mindset bout a month ago. Confidence is hard to condition into yourself especially with something you create. Love your work bro, all off it, keep up the work
You are giving the perfect advice. It only works when we believe and belief is the battle. Total belief. Like Neville and so many others have taught and now you. No logic, all intuition, and all belief. If you don’t believe, do it anyway. Try. Surrender and be the thing you envision, right now, in this moment and don’t stop. I have been experimenting with telepathy also. It is not instant, but it works with persistence.
Old me would have agreed that my art sucks, but now when he says it im like NAH IT DOESNT, it can be worse, but it will be better. im here to learn not to compare. all i can say is, if you put in the work every day, you will get to a point where you find true freedom. just keep going, i believe in us.
I don’t think I’ll “make it” with my art. Thats not me. But I hope I will always be able to paint & create. I do it for me. It gives me peace and tranquility.
David Choe is BASED af for talking about telepathy & all the other metaphysical concepts that he mentioned. “You don’t believe in it? COOL. Do it anyway.” My STANDING APPLAUSE AND OVATION FOR THIS VIDEO AND SKILLFUL EXECUTION. 😤😤😤😤
Thanks. I'm fearful of disruptions so I mope around all day, but I've been a little more productive by changing materials and focus. You're right, the time is now!!
I needed this. Today. Right now. I’m a few hours I fly to Ontario Canada to do my first tattoos and I’m just filled with nervousness and fear, like dread. I was a champion bodybuilder and pornstar and completely changed directions 6 months ago when I got sober and everybody thought I was delusional but here I am listening to this and it’s further proof that my path is authentic because it’s what I needed to hear, when I needed to hear it.
This is totally true. And if you think positive energy is unrealistic and unable to change the world, I'd ask you where negativity has gotten us! Let's try positive energy. It can't do worse for us than negativity has.
always liked you since i saw your vice hitchhiking documentaries. i religiously watched those. something about them altered me and opened me up a little bit for sure. i came back to your channel because i never forgot and i am now, i can confidently say, an artist. after many battles and turmoil with myself and others about it. anyway, i just wanna say thanks for making content again! this video is exactly what i've been thinking and coming to accept about an artist. everything is lining up. peace be with you man.
I needed this video today. It really is all about surrendering and releasing everything and just let it go. Sometimes I stay in my own way. Thank you so much.
You just popped uo on my feed today, and i tuned in. I like what you say, and have experienced some of the things you say. I don't need to know why some of these things happen, i just need to notice when they do. Good to meet you.
Im still stuck in everything I do, I know why letting go is so important but my f’ing brain wont allow it 🫨 the moment I realised I wasn’t capable of doing something else the pressure of “making it” increased. Worked my ass off and lost everything because of it. Moved back in with my parents at 34, mad depressive and gave up on “making” it and went back to doing stuff I liked just to past the time and forget about about everything. Thats when I found myself again. Took me a few years to get back on my feet and now that I am i feel that f’ing pressure comming back.
Damn. I really needed to hear that. David Choe I am now connecting with you telepathically… I will now create a diamond ring that even you’ll say “damn that’s pretty cool” I will repost the ring in this chart when finished. Thank you
So glad I'm not alone!!! Thanks David! Delusion is one of the best tools we got! We have to first think up a better tomorrow collectively before it can actually become possible....
Yo, I'm about to embark on my artistic adventure!
You’ll be a great artist
@@Moodboardxyz thank you from the top of my heart ❤️ 💙 💜 💖
You already are.. you are doing it.. dig it!!
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I'm really feeling inspired ✨️ 😌 ☺️ 🔥 🙏🏾 ❤️ Love you folks
David, You're the art teacher/mentor that would be tragically fired because you strayed from the script. I appreciate that you are here.
I agree, not sure if I'd be still alive if I didn't discover his work. Dave, you're the best ❤
I'd watch that movie
💀💀💀
Idiotic
How’s it going?
“You don’t believe in it? Cool, do it anyways.” That really is the way forward. If one wants change, to change their mind. Nice.👍
That's a very way of life by itself.
My favorite line in the video. Hahaha I’m gonna use it moving forward.
When that piano hits lol
I mess with this hard. When I was accepted into art college I had no money to buy any of the things I needed, so a homie hit me up to help him start a clothing brand. I painted everything for them and they would pay me for it, which helped me afford all my necessities for freshman year. I ended up really getting into it and without realizing it I manifested my career. My senior year of college a clothing company came on campus to recruit which never happened before and I applied and out of like 30 kids I was chosen to fly out to said company and was offered a job and had an 11 year career in the apparel industry working for a lot of very well known companies. This all started from a place of feeling like my art sucks at one point, now I know it doesn't.
Appreciate your words sir.
I personally believe that you are one of the most important artists alive.
I made it ...came from divorcedb2 homeless ...i made it to my own apartment now im creating my back art i had stored in my head now my art is everywhere in house ...enjoying my own art my own music i created i made it ...and im happy
So happy for you ❤ isn’t it amazing?
Hell yeah dude. Sometimes things need to fall apart in order to come together ❤
Get it my dude
Phuc yea keep kicking ass. That's coming from somebody who was a 20-year heroin addict with over a year and a half clean who's really trying to do the same and have neglected my heart for almost a year. Mainly because of the medication I'm on and trying to wean myself off of has just shut down any artistic wants for me.
@@bradpnw1897 hey bro im up in the pnw and in the same sinking boat of addiction and trying to recover
“express yourself fearlessly and you will become.”
today, I went into a random clothing store in San Francisco to buy a notebook and after bringing it home, i found it that it is a notebook with your painting on it from 2015. You're one of my favorite artists. What a synchronicity!
“Connect with me through dreams, through gazing, through eye contact, through telepathy” he gets it
God, I needed this. I've been running away from my art, not touching my materials, not drawing anything, not painting anything. For. Twenty. Freaking. Years. Living without it feels like having lost half of myself. Like twins separated at birth, knowing the "other" is somewhere out there, but you can't reach them. The only good thing about it was the fact that my brain couldn't live without the stimulation and looked for other ways to deal with all the crazy creativity. But none of them were truly fulfilling. Only writing short stories came close to the joy I used to feel when drawing. This video came to me at the right time. ❤
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me too - your words bring tears to my eyes - i feel you
That’s exactly how I’ve spent the past 12 years, you’re awesome.
EXACTLY 💯 I RELATE ❤
Wishing you the best of luck in reconnecting with yourself
This is the tough love too many people need to hear. If you aren’t striving to FAIL as an artist, then all you’re doing is what you already know how to do. You have to risk things, you have to look stupid, you have to fuck it all up, you have to stop being comfortable or you do not grow, you do not figure it all out. Stop worrying about making “it”, and worry about making good art. You probably are never going to reach the goals you think you want - fame or whatever - you gotta define your own success and just keep working.
Don't listen to her maaaaaaaaan forget the rules and fart man and calling mary man and vote liberals who love this stuff
i telepathically fuck with this video
Your alive!!!
There are two dudes and a little piggy searching for you!
I telepathically fucked the video
on me
I was reflecting on the "my art sucks" feelings just yesterday. I look at my IG feed and my lack of engagement/lack of productivity/lack of consistency and realise it's because I am not being authentic in my creativity. I got trapped with people-pleasing, trying to make work to please an algorithym. It's never worked for me. I started working on a new body of work a couple of weeks ago and BAM! as soon as I tapped into something authentic in the work, I fell in love with it and it flowed. I won't be sharing it with anyone any time soon. I need to be with it and nurture it in solitude for a while yet. I find sharing on social media is a good way to kill my authentic connection to my intuitive creative voice. Great video, thanks for sharing!
The more you stay true to yourself, the more value your art has and the real it will be.🙏🏾
Divine and Intertwined, thirty third to click that shit dont matter, forget time and the mad hatter chitter chatter that tends to clash and clatter with what really matters, more paint splatter
People who suck can drag you down. Don’t hang out with people who suck.
But what if I suck
@@Daygoth then stop
@@Daygothpeople don’t natural suck try to reflect on your yourself see if you’re able to identify anything wrong or just something to improve in yourself I know you’re prolly joking but I just felt compelled to mention this if anyone reads it 😂 idk
Everyone sucks. Just try to own that fact, and try your best you can manage to suck a bit less in the ways that matter most to you and everyone else. The things you cannot but help keep sucking at, at least open up honestly about it to people in your life, explaining why you have this problem and they must face dealing with you with it and that together you can find either ways to work around it, or respect their boundaries and accept them if they decide if they can't put up with your sucking and need space or compromises.
A rotten applecan spoil the whole barrel.
You’re the uncle I didn’t think I needed. I used to draw every single day. One of my relatives said don’t focus on art so much, but not only that I’ve also lost almost all my creativity from the daily grind of life. I hope it comes back soon
Just know that you're not alone with this! ❤️
Haha thanks, 😭 it’s especially hard now that I have a toddler but I’ll try to draw and such soon ❤️
maybe try drawing stories for your child. Or they do a scribble and you make something from it. I loved to do this style of art with my daughter, but she is all grown up now and moved out 😢
@@peacefulGHILLIE thank you for your reply! Recently my kid has been doing one scribble a day and I try to engage them in the process but it’s been slow. I am sure that with time there will be more opportunities to create things more than 5 minutes a day 😁
This is honestly the most relatable thing I’ve ever watched, I get this guy
I used to ask myself if I was an artist, I wondered if other people thought I was an artist or if they saw what I did as a hobby. I have to create to survive, without the creation my soul will die. So yes I am an artist, I exist to create and I create to exist. Fuck the selling yourself, art has become 20% creation and 80% marketing, branding, and selling yourself, the best artists out there may be completely unknown.
Paying for your beans while uncompromisingly preserving autonomy is 80% marketing. This is nearly universal. Don't care about autonomy? You don't need to market. If you want art to buy your beans without marketing you can always fill the time between somebody else's key frames. Maybe you buy your beans a different way. I think it's good to endorse compassion for all paths.
@@joshleap I am still interested and do have compassion for all paths, but I see it wreck my friends trying so hard to market themselves, and honestly its becoming increasingly hard to just function with a normal job these days. I will continue to experiment and explore all options. I really want to start an underground gallery for outsider artists and help foster a supportive artistic community where I live. I want to not just lift myself up but help others also struggling and foster collaboration and networking. So many get pushed into individual struggles and capitalism/social media pushes us to compete, resent, envy rather than support and form collectives. I just hope I can create a path to not only help myself but others and I desperately want a collective, working on it. 🙂
Hey man, i don't know how old you are but I (18M) really think the same way you do. I started to get more in touch with myself and open my view on the world, reading Rick Rubin's book really helped that process. I wanna discover myself while i'm young and use my creativity and energy of my twenies to enjoy the beauty of the world. Curretly i'm in a really intense university cursus but i just stay here for the things we learn that i find really interessting and not the typical things we learn and reflect on in the school system. So while i'm staying there to have greater general culture and knowledge, i think about quitting at the end of next year, to learn music, drawing, designing, cooking, being a monk, sculping, producing..
My parents are very open and completly understand my point of view, but i don't know how will i get to survive (like you nicely said) economically while experiencing the real life we should all get to know more. I can't just keep learning new things in school for free i guess, or spend time with exeprienced people to be submerge by their skills.
If you would like to share with me what was your journey, and maybe what you think would be a great track for me to go on (if you get my current way of thinking and wanting to be), it would be a real pleasure :)
I read a book called "Haben oder Sein" (To have or to be) by Erich Fromm. In it he describes the "commodification of human life", likening it to a handbag or an item of trade. He calls us "human handbags", because we have to commodify ourselves to sell who we are and what we have to offer. The book was written in 1976, it's almost 50 years old. And we have perfected self-commodification, it seems.
The problem I have is, I cannot be genuine when I have to sell myself. I might as well sell out what I believe in. So my method is: I do what I like. If someone buys it, fine. If not I have to find other ways, which also include doing every other job available to me. Then I commodify the part of my life for money I don't care about, and keep doing what I love without having to sell out. You don't rise to a challenge by lamenting it.
yess!! this 100%
if i have give up on creating i have given up on everything
I often say, "To create, is to choose."
I agree :) to create is to love, is to express, is to feel
hmm do i want to eat white bread or whole grain bread? I guess i want whole grain today
BOOM WHOLE GRAIN BREAD HAS BEEN CREATED
@@dddaaa6965 I was more trying to suggest that being "creative" can be about more than just physical art. That being human and exercising agency over ones life can be a creative process in itself.
that's so smart
BECOME LITERALLY INSANE, DELUSIONAL IN A POSITIVE WAY THAT BRINGS YOUR DESIRES TO PAST! YEEEEESSSS!
He knows the truth, rare specimen
Fear will stop you loving. Love will stop your fears.
This is why I'm a real fan. You put it into words on this video. I love that you push limits, mostly internal, in such a kind way. I wish I would have done it more like that.
This isn't about art, but. When my dad passed away unexpectedly in early 2022, I "talked" to him often when alone in my room. Out loud and in my head. About how much I missed him, and how things were going and things that I wish that I would have been able to tell him before he died. Part of me really feels like he heard me and it really helped me through my grief.
A study conducted in the UK found that people with the highest quality of life-defined as being able to pay the bills and also having ample "time" (which should be more important than money)-earned between £26,000 and £40,000 something annually (the exact figures escape me). This makes sense: with too little money, you struggle; with too much, you likely buy more and have less time for family, friends, and most importantly, yourself. You can always make more money, but you can't create more time. If you can do what you love every day, then you have financial success.
This video is affirmation to pursue your dreams relentlessly.
Nope.....desire are wicked, choe is respectable...I despise the stars but choe gives me John bohner and Ted Cruz off camera vibes
I absolutely LOVE your directness and finally pressed follow everywhere I could find you. I took a leap at the age of 45, and I got stuck for the last 5 years on a stupid hamster wheel of creating for everyone else, for money, for stupid useless popularity…
I had surgery in March and I promised to stop that, I don’t need to create for anyone else but me. I promised to create with abandon without fear without external buzzing and whispers. I’m almost 60 and idgaf about all that noise anymore. I have a life that’s amazing kids that love me a husband that is inspiring and supportive. I struggle a bit with chronic pain but here’s the thing- doctors told me I’d be in a wheelchair by age 30 and I ignored that and I’m still standing . So, I have a good life by ignoring the buzz, and now I’m going to continue my art journey the same way. I’m establishing a mindfulness morning ritual, lucid dreaming, creating and living with abandon like I was doing before I let everyone tell me I should be going after fame or money or all that garbage. It’s always nice to hear someone else sort of confirm to be free with my creativity.
Some of the best advice I've ever heard.
Been familiar with his name for decades, but never gave him time he deserved.
I finally sat down & gave him my attention, the title with "Delusional Artist" caught my attention, I feel all truly great artist would be considered delusional amongst the status quo thinkers in society.
Not one second wasted of this 8:51. Thank you, fine sir!
Dude I needed this. My grandfather was a professional oil painter and instructor, he started teaching me when I was 5. He was the biggest role model in my life. He passed away 7 years ago from Alzheimer’s, and I put all my supplies in storage. I couldn’t pick up a brush until a few weeks ago. I was just offered the opportunity to paint and only paint for an entire month. An opportunity most people at 28 don’t get, I can feel my world coming back together. Thank you David Choe for the advice, I’ll take it to heart this month.
Paint what he taught you in abstract or surreal
I fucking love this. Thank you
i think people instill fear into people when their children because they dont want to be scared alone. Its a vicious cycle.
I've been a delusional idealistic artist my whole life but my parents voices inside my head keep telling me it's pointless to go on with this escapist nonsense and to get a job, get my life together, be responsible, etc, etc. It is too noisy with all the harsh voices so thanks for giving me permission to just be a delusional artist and get on with it. How terrible could it really be to just allow myself the indulgence? Thanks for your videos. They are great art-therapy :)
I haven’t made art in years for fear of failure. But everyday internally I’m upset with myself for not creating something that day. I’m gunna play these videos and make something👍
I really like the “you made it now” because I am so grateful for how my life has landed and my art brings me so much joy. Ideally my stories will one day be enough to live on, but I am still so grateful for today
Sum: You are the art you create. You are the moment. Happiness is right now.
You're spitting facts about telepathy and tapping into the infinite divinity of "Self". I have done sooooo much healing work like that and have communicated across time and space with loved ones just by meditating and feeling what comes up. Everyone can tap into that, you just have to fir the mind and live with the heart.
I’ve added you to my thought leaders playlist and favourites and watch later and pre-date motivation
I've only ever done it laying down too! Hoping prayer can help me organize the chaos in my mind a bit so I can be more focused and decisive. Maybe this will be the weekend that I finally finish a painting!
Also praying that I get to meet you someday soon.
You are the Art Buddha. The Maitreya Maestro! I am now inspired and can’t thank you enough. I have a BFA in art and all I learned to do is paint still lifes, landscapes, and figures. I lost my passion because those things bore me to tears. No more.
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being grateful is enough, being fearless is the reward
Instant success story, only takes 10 years.
And lots of fun.
thank you, David! I meet this thing, that about connecting with things before connecting with them. I know that voice. And right now, right after these your message to us, to me, I do catch this thing on next level. Thank you
I like how you accentuated health and personality as priorities to be grateful for, and the need to be fearless in your art.
This is the modern renaissance we need
i talk to a squirrel named Wally. he eats almonds on my windowsill and sometimes sits in my hand
Prove it!!
@@konnyknees i have videos lol
Something I'm really appreciating that you're sharing your David, is this could be applied to any pursuit in life.
Whether you are building a business, creating art, writing a book or simply living your version of life, there is a level of fearlessly doing so that we are each invited to.
And I believe those of us who are on this journey understand that these thresholds continue to appear. It's not a single destination. It's a constant invitation, deeper and deeper into ourselves. And we get to decide if we say yes or no. By the way, we focus and move each and every day.
Appreciate you and your candor
I met you this week and you have already changed my life in so many ways. I am also an artist and I am increasingly exploring to free myself in front of a blank canvas and ceasing to be a slave to the algorithm. Thanks a lot buddy, we (little artists) needs you ❤
yo, im finally embracing my artistic mind and your video is AMAZING. super inspiring
I Am a 77 yr old Unrealistic-Optimistic-Delusional Artist. David ,MomMom Eva loves you and your Beautiful Energy❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you, i hit this mindset bout a month ago. Confidence is hard to condition into yourself especially with something you create. Love your work bro, all off it, keep up the work
You are giving the perfect advice. It only works when we believe and belief is the battle. Total belief. Like Neville and so many others have taught and now you. No logic, all intuition, and all belief. If you don’t believe, do it anyway. Try. Surrender and be the thing you envision, right now, in this moment and don’t stop. I have been experimenting with telepathy also. It is not instant, but it works with persistence.
Love this! Yes, be fearless to be you!
David Choe telling us all what we need to hear!
What actually scares me is how on point you are.
This feels so outerspace spiritual and simultaneously down to earth logical. Thank you.
love this guy, what a chaotic force for good you've become, sending that to your telepathic mailbox David
and NOW of all times NOW. THANK YOU DAVID
This video changed my life and earned an instant follow. Pure intuitive wisdom.
"Art is for keeps"
Man I love the color grading on this video… I love David, I Love Everyone!!!!!!
Old me would have agreed that my art sucks, but now when he says it im like NAH IT DOESNT, it can be worse, but it will be better. im here to learn not to compare. all i can say is, if you put in the work every day, you will get to a point where you find true freedom. just keep going, i believe in us.
Word to David Choe 🫡
I don’t think I’ll “make it” with my art. Thats not me. But I hope I will always be able to paint & create. I do it for me. It gives me peace and tranquility.
I like this comment, I would like to buy one of your paintings
i'm not gonna lie this was the video i needed right now.
David Choe is BASED af for talking about telepathy & all the other metaphysical concepts that he mentioned. “You don’t believe in it? COOL. Do it anyway.”
My STANDING APPLAUSE AND OVATION FOR THIS VIDEO AND SKILLFUL EXECUTION. 😤😤😤😤
Man, I just met you and now I LOVE YOU! Thank you for this, really needed it! Wish you the best from Brazil!
I really needed to hear someone say the things that i believe and to know that other people feel the same. Thank you for sharing your wisdom ❤
this means so much to me and all of us. thank you
My intuition brought up your videos for months and I avoided it. I guess I’m ready now.
You've haven't submitted yet................ that really hit a chord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!! I AM GRATEFUL! so happy you took the time to make this!
Thanks. I'm fearful of disruptions so I mope around all day, but I've been a little more productive by changing materials and focus. You're right, the time is now!!
I needed this. Today. Right now. I’m a few hours I fly to Ontario Canada to do my first tattoos and I’m just filled with nervousness and fear, like dread.
I was a champion bodybuilder and pornstar and completely changed directions 6 months ago when I got sober and everybody thought I was delusional but here I am listening to this and it’s further proof that my path is authentic because it’s what I needed to hear, when I needed to hear it.
Good luck champ. Tell us more about your bodybuilding journey please. Thank you.
Hey David Choe. Yes agreed
Choe inspires me every day to keep making my garbage music. And for that I thank him.
God bless Choe!
I'm an art education student and I get a lot of inspiration watching your videos❤
Man David connects with me video after video lately.
This is exactly what I needed to hear.
This gave me chills. Newly retired but I am not lost.
You're a G. passion in action and relaxin in fashion.
NEEDED TO HEAR THIS IN THESE WORDS THANK YOU DAVID CHOE
Man, I love and appreciate you people need this.
This is the best video I've ever watched. Honesty is so refreshing.
This is totally true.
And if you think positive energy is unrealistic and unable to change the world, I'd ask you where negativity has gotten us!
Let's try positive energy. It can't do worse for us than negativity has.
Wake that up✨
always liked you since i saw your vice hitchhiking documentaries. i religiously watched those. something about them altered me and opened me up a little bit for sure. i came back to your channel because i never forgot and i am now, i can confidently say, an artist. after many battles and turmoil with myself and others about it. anyway, i just wanna say thanks for making content again! this video is exactly what i've been thinking and coming to accept about an artist. everything is lining up. peace be with you man.
i'm just gonna start watching this everytime i start a painting. the way that i craved chaotic painting within a minute of watching this was crazy
I needed this video today. It really is all about surrendering and releasing everything and just let it go. Sometimes I stay in my own way. Thank you so much.
This is actually the best video i've ever seen
alchemist who commit their life to the arts will always be my favorite 💕
Your channel is the goodness in my life that I didn’t even know I needed. Thank you.
i think this tutorial kinda unlocked my mind! Thank you! gotta believe it wasn't a coincidence your video showed up on my algorithm! 🙏
Incredible message! Thank you for your words!
I now love you more than I did before. Thank you, David! As if on cue, when I needed it the most. The Universe is truly a remarkable place.
This really is a life tutorial. Thank you for this David, I didn’t realize I needed this until now.
You just popped uo on my feed today, and i tuned in. I like what you say, and have experienced some of the things you say. I don't need to know why some of these things happen, i just need to notice when they do. Good to meet you.
Him checking the phone made my day , I haven’t laugh out loud in months. Thanks Dave.
TRUE WISDOM, TRUE KNOWLEDGE SOUL KNOWLEDGE! THANK YOU BROTHER FOR SHARING!!! THIS HIT, BULL'S EYE!
Im still stuck in everything I do, I know why letting go is so important but my f’ing brain wont allow it 🫨 the moment I realised I wasn’t capable of doing something else the pressure of “making it” increased. Worked my ass off and lost everything because of it. Moved back in with my parents at 34, mad depressive and gave up on “making” it and went back to doing stuff I liked just to past the time and forget about about everything. Thats when I found myself again. Took me a few years to get back on my feet and now that I am i feel that f’ing pressure comming back.
But you don’t have to make the same mistakes again you know - figure out how to sidestep that shit.
Damn. I really needed to hear that. David Choe I am now connecting with you telepathically… I will now create a diamond ring that even you’ll say “damn that’s pretty cool” I will repost the ring in this chart when finished. Thank you
DAVID ❤️ thank you :)))
So glad I'm not alone!!! Thanks David! Delusion is one of the best tools we got! We have to first think up a better tomorrow collectively before it can actually become possible....
No smoke this is best advice I’ve ever heard for art