Politicians are very good at not answering the question, and instead turning every question into whatever they want. Very entertaining.
Artists are very good at sticking to the question, never veering far from the the actual answer…as mundane as it may be. Very informative.
It should be the other way around.
Fun. It isn’t often efficient but it’s essential. It’s more important than efficiency. But both take practice. You probably know which one you need more practice with.
A few weeks ago I unearthed a two hour home video of my first band making our first record. In high school. In my bedroom. Terrible gear. Huge expectations.
It was crystal clear who was good at having a good time and who was trying to be a little too efficient at sixteen years old. :)
If you’re not going to do something about it, stop thinking about it.
If you’re not going to put action behind the things you spend a lot of time thinking about, it’s worth thinking of something else. Something that you’re going to move from thoughts into actions.
Your time and your thoughts are precious and powerful so it’s important to spend them in ways that make a difference to yourself and to others.
I’m not sure which came first…important news or the voice that news anchors use to indicate to us that the news they’re reporting is important.
It’s not a voice that anyone actually has in real life but we can all do the impression. So can they. And they do.
Impressions are great because it gives us shorthand to know how we should receive the message.
Just don’t misuse the impressions.
The strongest bond we share as artists is that we’ve all been working in a room, alone, and have absolutely nothing…thinking this must mark the end of creativity.
And then we come up with something.
And then we have nothing again.
And then we keep going.
That’s the bond. The keeping going.