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A Question, To The Artist In Us All...
Jun. 7th, 2006 10:06 am1a) Does anyone else ever have trouble taking one's own aspirations seriously?
I realize that not everybody wants to make a career of his/her art, but, well, I do. One of the things I grapple with is the habit I fell into before I became serious about this, of believing that even greater unhappiness lay in store for me if I persisted in this sort of "futile" pursuit (I plead environment--that's what everyone around me was telling me).
Not being a thoughtful observer back then, responses like "Wait, stupid, you're not all that happy NOW!" or "None of these people are professional entertainers--what makes any of THEM the Voice of Authority?" simply did not occur to me when this habit developed, and I am Very Much A Creature Of Habit.
So the second part of my question is,
1b) When you realize something really important to you is lying fallow due to Life, The Universe, and Everything, how do you go back to it, knowing that Life, The Universe, and Everything is still out there waiting to pounce on you?
I realize that not everybody wants to make a career of his/her art, but, well, I do. One of the things I grapple with is the habit I fell into before I became serious about this, of believing that even greater unhappiness lay in store for me if I persisted in this sort of "futile" pursuit (I plead environment--that's what everyone around me was telling me).
Not being a thoughtful observer back then, responses like "Wait, stupid, you're not all that happy NOW!" or "None of these people are professional entertainers--what makes any of THEM the Voice of Authority?" simply did not occur to me when this habit developed, and I am Very Much A Creature Of Habit.
So the second part of my question is,
1b) When you realize something really important to you is lying fallow due to Life, The Universe, and Everything, how do you go back to it, knowing that Life, The Universe, and Everything is still out there waiting to pounce on you?
