Poor
@finnegan! First
@Bezoar tells you one thing, and the second post he nearly takes it back. His second post has merit. You want to soak your brush so it gets warm and collects a bit of water. Different type brushes (i.e. boar, badger, horse, synth) retain water much differently from one another. You're just going to have to watch a few hundred youtube videos until you're ready to climb the walls; then experiment. Ask your forum brothers for specific answers to specific questions. If you ask 'What's the best brush?', you're going to get 4,328 different answers.
Start with a nice cream (they're all pretty much okay) and learn how to lather. I would recommend bowl lathering, but youtube has half-naked, hairy-backed guys hand lathering, too. Get a grip on the philosophy of wet shaving and then dive in. Bezoar didn't mention that you also don't want to soak your brush in hot water because it can have detrimental effects on the glue that holds the knot together.
Have fun with this, and don't be surprised if you find yourself completely befuddled by Bezoar's posts. We all are.