These thoughts have been on my mind lately. As a musician, writer, entertainer i've made my living these last 30 years. My career has gone through a few different incarnations. What used to terrify me was the end of something successful. But that is now the exciting part. I have stopped and reinvented myself a couple of times. The third and maybe last transformation I can feel has already begun. I follow my muse, my soul's desire to the work. Things just seem to work out. I do get anxious and compare myself to others. These are part of my neurosis. Which I don't think can be changed. We can make them less important, smaller. When those feelings come up I stop and remind myself each of us are on our own journey, our particular path. We can observe others. But, they have little do with our story. A life is our myth we collaborate with through the air, water, space and time. Sometimes we're a wreck sometimes we rhyme
I have said to friends for years that I treat all of my pursuits (work, play, relationships, etc) as craft. I try to understand where I'm wrong and not get too over my skiis/overconfident (which could lead to reducing my intended impact). Great piece, Adam. (I'm impressed with your music, too!)
These thoughts have been on my mind lately. As a musician, writer, entertainer i've made my living these last 30 years. My career has gone through a few different incarnations. What used to terrify me was the end of something successful. But that is now the exciting part. I have stopped and reinvented myself a couple of times. The third and maybe last transformation I can feel has already begun. I follow my muse, my soul's desire to the work. Things just seem to work out. I do get anxious and compare myself to others. These are part of my neurosis. Which I don't think can be changed. We can make them less important, smaller. When those feelings come up I stop and remind myself each of us are on our own journey, our particular path. We can observe others. But, they have little do with our story. A life is our myth we collaborate with through the air, water, space and time. Sometimes we're a wreck sometimes we rhyme
Good one-
In my experience, wealth and fame amplify what’s inside. It can be traumatic, but it can be a positive trauma.
Read a book by Harold S Kushner called When all you ever wanted isn't enough.
People devote the whole of their finite lives to amassing fake money and the validation of dumb herd animals with the attention span of goldfish.
I have said to friends for years that I treat all of my pursuits (work, play, relationships, etc) as craft. I try to understand where I'm wrong and not get too over my skiis/overconfident (which could lead to reducing my intended impact). Great piece, Adam. (I'm impressed with your music, too!)