As an artist, the PROCESS, of creating is of most importance. Applause is nice, but the seasoned and self driven artist doesn’t stop without applause. This is the soul in pure form, always growing and changing.
This is gorgeous. The ache of being unseen is its own kind of initiation, the kind you don’t choose but somehow grow through anyway. Some souls become artists because the world didn’t clap, not in spite of it. Thank you for naming that so clearly. It takes courage to write from this place and even more to share it.
Very important and relevant message for all artistic disciplines. And a reassuring message for those of us who have heard the sound of one hand clapping from time to time.
As an artist, the PROCESS, of creating is of most importance. Applause is nice, but the seasoned and self driven artist doesn’t stop without applause. This is the soul in pure form, always growing and changing.
This is gorgeous. The ache of being unseen is its own kind of initiation, the kind you don’t choose but somehow grow through anyway. Some souls become artists because the world didn’t clap, not in spite of it. Thank you for naming that so clearly. It takes courage to write from this place and even more to share it.
Cool article
Lovely and well expressed thoughts. Many of us totally identify. Thanks.
Very important and relevant message for all artistic disciplines. And a reassuring message for those of us who have heard the sound of one hand clapping from time to time.
Excellent!!
Reading this brought me to tears. Long story. I am 79.
Powerful - and thought-provoking. I could feel that loneliness. Almost made me cry.
i feel like you crept into my head today and delivered exactly what i needed to read. uncanny. awesome. thank you. a million times thank you.
By coincidence [??], this song [“Everything Is Free,” by Father John Misty] came up on my playlist just when I finished reading this article.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mZdT3W9e1UyJlSXMV6xL0?si=D83CMJ3yRny1XEiS6DgYfw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EQp62d3Dl7ECY