Creativity Quote by Eric San

Eric San’s line reads like a casual tip, but it’s really a small manifesto about how his work wants to be “gotten.” By splitting things into the “drawing part” and the “audio part,” he’s framing humor as a cross-platform language: if you can decode the visual joke, you’re already tuned to the logic that powers the sound. That’s a sly way of saying the punchline isn’t just in lyrics or a rimshot; it’s in structure, timing, and the audience’s willingness to read patterns.

The intent feels both welcoming and gatekeep-y in a soft, non-toxic way. He’s not bragging that his jokes are too smart. He’s giving you an access point: start with the drawing, and you’ll learn his comedic grammar. The subtext is that a lot of musical humor fails because listeners expect obvious parody or meme-ready punchlines. San is pointing toward a more conceptual kind of comedy, where the laugh comes from recognizing an idea expressed in two mediums, like a bilingual pun.

Contextually, it fits a musician working in an internet-era ecosystem where visuals (art, thumbnails, animated clips, social posts) aren’t marketing garnish; they’re part of the text. The line also hints at an audience filter: if you don’t catch the joke visually, the audio may sound merely strange, repetitive, or deadpan. If you do, the “weird” becomes intentional, and intention is often where the laughter lives.