Progress Update 8/15/21

Hey everyone, 

Progress on the upcoming video is going extremely well. I can't remember the last time I was this excited about a video release. It'll be quite a bit different from anything I've done before, both in terms of story and tone. I don't want to overhype it, but I definitely feel like this upload will be one of the flagship videos of the channel for the foreseeable future (at least for me).

It's interesting because this saga started as merely a ten-minute segment in a compilation video where I planned to touch on multiple instances of artists spending their entire lives working on a single project. But the more I looked into this story, the more it revealed itself to be too important and too interesting not to warrant a full video. And once I began to look at it through that lens, it deepened in complexity to the point where the idea of spending only ten minutes covering it was laughable.  The premise is deceptively simple, but the obstacles that have prevented them from finishing their work (personal, philosophical, political) give such an interesting context to not only their own work, but the work of their artistic contemporaries. The world-building is where I think this video will really shine. We will be deep-diving into a time period and part of the world that has been largely overlooked in modern culture. Research has been intense. Lots of books, articles, interviews, etc. to be consumed in order to flesh it out (but that's part of the fun). And Ryan is doing a wonderful job of capturing the time and location through the soundtrack.

I want to make sure I tell this story as well as I possibly can, so Ryan and I will probably spend at least another month getting the story, tone, and everything as perfect as we can. But like always, you guys will be the first ones to see it when it's done. 

Sorry there isn't more concrete news for this update, but I thought I'd just touch base with you all to let you know things are going well. There will probably be at least one or two more Patreon updates before release, so stay tuned. In the meantime, I'll be working every day to bring you all the best video I possibly can. Thank you so much for your support, belief, and encouragement. It means the world to me. 

Til next time, 

AG