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I so needed this. Thank you for helping me today.

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Wow, this was a fantastic piece. It reminded me a little of Letters To A Young Poet by Rilke. Such a fascinating piece. Even though I'm pretty far from a Young Artist since I"m 77 a lot resonated with me. I have so many thoughts going through my head that I probably won't respond with much of anything because it will take a while to sort out my thoughts. One thought I will share that popped up during the reading was triggered by "I want to be an artist." I remember many years ago being in a group session and I was saying the sentence "I want to be" when I paused looking for the phrase of what I wanted to be. The facilitator said as I was stammering, looking for my phrase, "Why don't you put a period right there?" "I want to be." Just be then. For some reason that really hit me between the eyes. You want to be? So be! Whatever you tag on to that part of the sentence will be limited. I want to be an artist isn't really inclusive at all. Most of us, I think, mean by that statement that we want to be able to make a iving as an artist and that people will be affected by what we do. We will touch people. We want people to like what we do, (though there are some people who are just as happy if we hate what they do.) I don't think that it's wrong or a big ego thing to want people to like what we do. There aren't many people who create just for themselves and won't let anyone else see or hear their creations. I've got so many other things I want to say but I"m going to shut up. It'll probably sound like I'm rambling. Thank you for sharing, very creatively, your thinking process.

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Love this.

(still listen to Swamp Ophelia…often)

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