Casting aspersions

So what do you do in the modern age when you want to be creative but are too inept (and possibly too old) to start a band, paint a masterpiece, write a novel or compose a sonnet?.....Well, try your hand at a comedy podcast of course.

It's exciting to be doing this kind of thing, especially when it's with a mate. Gareth, being a life-long learner with a shiny new PhD to his name, suggested we base our podcast around the concept of some form of self-learning, in this case, philosophy.

I've always been interested in philosophy so it seems like a good idea. We create a weekly podcast that's basically about us reading and trying to understand the concepts and it acts as a basis for some comedy (think Ricky Gervais in Animals/Politics/Fame). We're not only being creative (and hopefully funny) but maybe we learn a little about something interesting on the way.

I'm aware of the incredible self indulgence in this, and to be honest, that does make it a little hard for me. Ultimately, we're doing it for our own self righteous reasons, in our own little two man coterie and I do wonder whether it makes us a) arrogant b) pompous and c) pretentious wankers.

However, I'm game for the lark as they say, and as long as I keep these, lets call them danger areas, in mind I think it should be a good laugh and actually quite rewarding. After all we're self confessed 'dummies' on the subject so not exactly trying to prove anything to anyone.

Besides, if people let this kind of self wrangling get to them, they'd never achieve anything and ultimately, whatever the outcome/perception, there is something incredibly satisfying about being creative, even if only for creativity's sake.