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I don’t really know any other way to ask this, but to be straight up. Wanna be penpals? Like old school letter writing back and forth. I’ve never had one before, and I love to write. I always talk myself out of doing it though or I can’t sit down long enough to let my thoughts flow. I think it’d be easier and more motivating if it was a conversation with a stranger’s mind that thinks in ways that I admire. 😆

Sounds like you're just infatuated with the myth that surrounds the Artist

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I think you said it too... death just hits hard. You see pop smoke dead and it's over. Only his music is here. As many comments stated before... He didn't plan on dying. His shit would've remained clasic if he died or not. His death rushed the sales. To be honest... creativity is weird. You can't learn to be creative. You just make shit and ask people if it's dope or nope. Patrice had a facade. He didn't care about what people said... But if a joke isn't working... it aint getting in the special. To make good shit you gotta put in work. Not actual life.

I want to be an artist, starting that dream as a rapper, I always have this issue with that whole putting your life on the line, I just think it’s a dice roll, when x and pop smoke died they were winning, they were the next star. Do I really want to put my life on the line to have live with this fear of being another artist, but these people most likely didn’t fear, like you said they didn’t care. I think looking up to them is a sing of, lemme do what I want and not give a fuck, like I mean maybe that’s why your trip to la was a success, you didn’t give a fuck and experienced something new.

Idk if its really about throwing away your life because even some of the people you mentioned didnt kill themselves and didnt plan on dying to i dont think they didnt care about their lives. Like think about x right, this guy didnt chose too die. He was about to go back to college and was motorcycle shopping when he was shot. Same with pop smoke man he was just chillin in his house when someone broke in and robbed him. They didnt kill themselves knowingly like Patrice Wilson did they just happened to die in a way that wasn’t in their control

I think youtube can be artistic. The way I see art is something that affects you emotionally or intelligently, and I've seen videos that have done that to me. I guess expressing those ideas can happen in different ways. Films need a central narrative, or aesthetic, or something, while in a youtube video people are going to be a lot more direct with their ideas since their talking straight to the camera.

Too much of one thing makes it worthless.

Science is expression of the mind, sports and exercise are an expression of the body, and art is an expression of the spirit. Especially with how corporatized entertainment has become, it’s getting harder and harder to come across authentic artists. In trying to make art more marketable, it pretty much kills the artistic purpose of any art form which is to express the soul. That’s why there’s such an appreciation for the handful of people like you who don’t prioritize the money over the product. Quality over quantity.

To create art you have to be willing to put your soul in it.

yo man, thanks for the content you're giving out. found you early this year and out of what i followed, sneako was what i felt the closest to. now the first patreon i ever subscribed to.

Dumb by Nirvana is such a sad song that and all apologies. You see it too w/ certain magicians like Tom Mullica, dude sacrificed his body for his craft you should look him up he would eat cigarettes something crazy cool/wierd

sooo what are you going to do after youtube ?

sey lezz J

quit youtube you wont be memorble in centuries kid

Tracking the core of stuff and more Lol

Getting a break from social media is sometimes really worth it, just to get back to the shit that matters…your life, not the followers, not the likes, not the hate comments and not the shiny ppl who seem to have something you don’t have

Ok, once anybody understands this and can act and laugh about it, is it right to consider them down to earth? I feel like I have my small circle who don’t really give a shit ab social media opinions and try to get away from these AI crack addictions. And we cannot relate to those people that live on social media like at all. Lemme know what chu think

I agree like a mf

I feel like pain is always common in legendary artists, but I don't necessarily think that means it must be a permanent part of that artist's life. I guess I mean that an artist can still create great art by viewing their painful past, although they may be in a better mental present.

social media is a trap: peoples lives are upside down because they keep comparing themselves and what they have with others. thats why you see fuckboys and girls who keep posting shit because of likes, relying on others to validate them because without those people and socials, they have nothing going on in the real world. people cant vibe alone nowadays so they seek happiness on socials even though only you can make yourself happy. people should be competing with themselves, not for likes and other useless shit

All Apologies by Nirvana

I completely agree. According to my Spotify stats, my 2017 top artist: XXXTentacion, 2018: Juice WRLD, 2019: Pop Smoke, 2020: Probably will still be pop smoke. I think when your start getting into someone’s art and discovering more of it, you build a connection with it. Once they die, you use that art more often than you did before to try to maintain that sense of connection. Maybe that’s just me.

dope vid what song is tht at at 1:56

Make more like these

To me, you’ve always seemed real genuine like your thoughts travel smoothly from your mental out your mouth and into film, never really considered what your “artistic” motives were... cool

I think special art exists when the artist doesn’t feel alive or dead, it’s just a state of being, and that seems to be a human’s most genuine state. It’s not sad or happy, just true

They have those Disney movies that are about privileged teenage girls living a fantasy life. Have you every thought about directing a movie about the actual realities of what the mind/life/actions of a teenager/young adult(like yourself) during the age of social media world shifts (from basic things like playing on the playground as a kid mindlessly to having to be careful about calling someone their correct gender or politics. Idk stuff like that. I think you would be able to emulate that into a very attention grabbing film.

Whats crazy about you, Sneako, is that for some reason you seem to be going through the same shit as me at the same time. Right now as an artist I'm struggling with balancing my purely creative projects with the stuff the I know has commercial potential. I have come to no conclusions so far but seeing you speaking your mind in the way that you do really helps me see clearer. Hell, I've even been reading Kurt Cobain's biography recently. What the fuck. Keep it up man

I think social media messes with people's creativity because you are so distracted. You' re distracted by everyone else's life that you don't focus on yours. And if you do try to focus, you start comparing yourself to others or you start trying to please people. But, personally, I feel like limiting social media allows me to focus on myself, and focus on what I want to archive through art

Kurt went through some tough shit in his life. At one point his mom kicked him out and he was forced to sleep underneath a bridge. (Listen to something in the way.) I think the pain one goes through feeds into their desire to make art. I don't think you have to be on your death bed to make beautiful art, but the closer you are to your death bed the more beautiful it becomes because that passion that comes from emotion grows.

Take some dmt maybe that might help spark a creative idea. Guy I knew took ayahuasca he said he literally saw his ancestors. He's been to Peru several times to do dmt (it's legal there) and he tells me he doesn't mind dying now, because he'll see his ancestors again. Something he saw in that trip just erased his fear of death

Where you dont care if you die, thats when youre truly free to live. A while back i would listen to Alan Watts, and for a while i temporarily my fear of death, i wouldve been okay at any moment, and i was so freeing. I feel like thats also how it is with your life and art, when you just dont give a fuck anymore, and peoples opinions become less important than youre own, then youre free.

producing his own music would definitely add another layer to his videos👀. I fuck with your idea too that social media can impede authenticity, but it's also important to remember a good balance can offer inspiration as well. For example, I can definitely recall some effects I implemented from someone's else's video to contribute in bringing my idea to life. Or honestly, I could just have been on sum fuckshit stealin other peoples' effects... idk💀

I’m making a movie right now. I have the whole script done. It’s two minutes long. No dialogue. No faces. Hopefully it will done by December and you’ll be able to see it.

I wanna make films and tell stories but I’m not so interested (at least right now) in telling stories just based off my raw pain and shit. I think there’s a lotta room for stories that are fun to make too. What we call art today is usually at least half entertainment (movies, music). And it’s all definitely art too but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with making something just cus it’s entertaining. Making something just to make money or get famous is where it’s questionable if it’s art imo.

Sneako is to youthful postmodernism what Rousseau is to Romanticism

Bless Gillette

Unrelated but I could see Kurt move on from Nirvana and do other shit if he were alive today. He was the type to not try and sell shit if he wasn’t feeling it.

ur storytelling is art. end of story.

I think you can find meaning in music depending on the setting. I associate different genres and artists with different parts of my life. For example, I associate early X shit to when I was an angry young dude. You just gravitate towards the music that fits your emotional state at the time.

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I don’t think you need to exchange living a long time for your art. Most musicians overstay their welcome and their music suffers cuz of that so I think As long as you don’t over stay your welcome your music will live on. Frank ocean is someone who knows how to release meaningful music the right way & doesn’t over stay

And fr people undervalue how creative and intellectual youtube content can be, it’s the same with most modern platforms...like there are some tik tok creators that are really talented at cinematics and story telling who discounted cause of the platform they use

Bless Gillette

This nigga spittin rn

Your right about this but I think based off this video and the “Do Whatever You Want” video, it seems like it’s kinda not about living long. It’s a cool idea to live long. But the way some people have been or do live long comes with the fear of dying and or missing out on life. Artist/ People that are doing what they want & expressing whatever it is in that moment are living their life they desire for better or worse. I think art that largely resonates with the people/audience resonates with them bc it comes from a place of relatability & relation to express those “extreme” but real feelings.

Hey bro, what Patrice O’Neal content made you fw him so much?

Bless Gillette

Parasite was dope. A lot of the "art kids" just picked the most obscure vibey foreign film and said it was their favorite while wearing a scarf.

Back to Black is one of my favorite albums

I'm currently going to an arts high school in the film and television conservatory and I know it's high school but all that stuff about film students is really interesting and similar to what I've been thinking about recently. You can really tell the kids that just want to get famous or create a business and the kids who are interested in the art. I think I'm also kinda in the boat of not knowing which one I am, or if I'm even in one at all. I don't have a conclusion but I can relate, also my favorite film is parasite, but I don't think that counts as a rare foreign film.

Agree with what you were saying about art, nirvana etc. I also think artists that can look at society differently e.g Kanye Kendrick and make people realise social issues as well as pushing the sound forward also separates good from great. Some good ideas.

I wanna gas up the idea that “sacrificing your life for your art” is super dope and leads to great art being made, but that concept is so hedonistic and sends really fucked up examples to the people who love that art. Look at Lil Peep, he revolutionized the whole “goth boy clique /e-boy” style that’s still relevant, but he let his prescription medication habit get the better of him and he overdosed. Same for Juice World. People are moved by these people, they dress like them, make music like them but to aspire to what? The same “I dont give a shit about my life, fuck it 27 Club” mentality? Same could be said for people like X and Pop Smoke, their art is groundbreaking but will it really transcend generations if you leave the earth with just a fleeting idea after a few years? If i were to be dedicated to make art, I would want the people to enjoy it for generations. Watch how it develops, how it changes, how it goes through different arcs as it adapts to my life. No disrespect to any of these artists btw, I’m just tired of being fans of people I will never see live.

Vinchenzo James

Yeah that whole conversation you had about music and art is so true. My favorite artist is Amy Winehouse and she passed away young as well. You can hear the passion and authenticity in her voice when she's sining. She didn't care what other people thought of her, she just cared about her art. So rare to come across that in the industry or anywhere in general.

Suzette Mercedes

I think art has to be emotionally driven, if you are on it about the facts or metrics and what others think it won’t come off right . Just sit with your emotions and let them transform into a story. And I think that can be dangerous as many artists find themselves depressed. Like capital Steez made some of the best music videos right before suicide. I think that he sat with his emotions and (spirit, as he was in that)

I watched Montage of Heck for the first time recently and the vibe I got was that Kurt did care a lot about what people thought - he hated being ridiculed/teased etc. Defo get what you're saying though, maybe it was more that he just didn't care for the fame at all

I think the reason why you fee most artistic is when you’re not on social media, because that’s when your thought are as much your own thoughts than they will ever be. Meaning not influenced by a media. I think if you want to really have the most artistic videos I think if you really create it from yourself it’ll be the best. Like maybe making the music or directing the music in the background and having the story relate to you so you know the emotions the person might have

Its interesting how you woke up thinking about nirvana and then created a solid thought about it and art, i feel like most people would just forget about it 10minutes after, maybe its your lack of routine bruddah, ay much love 🤙🏻

do this more often its authentic and authenticity is hard to come by now a days

Damn when he talked a about the film students I froze what I was doing (film essay) and just listened..

quit YouTube and do Patreon only 😈

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