in a song i wrote in 2005 i wrote:
"got school, got tunes, u can call me two-face/ game-face, play-face, u can call me bruce wayne/" here's the thing.. every person who does music or art feels like they have two totally different lives, a normal life and then a life that is centered around their creative talent/ability the normal life consists of the following: car note insurance boring cubicle job dress code school work the basic feeling is a feeling of restriction the artistic creative life consists of the following: waking up when u want speaking from the heart through a pen, microphone, or paintbrush being hansomely compensated for all artistic efforts getting confirmation that what u have to offer is important, meaningful, and valid through fans and other artists the basic feeling is a feeling of liberation the goal of all creative people is to make it so their creative life overpowers their normal life i'll give a little background on my experience with this .......................... ok for a long time it was tough for me to have motivation for anything other than music it was really hard.. it was like nothing really had any meaning to me other than music and so i attempted to put it before everything else however at about the end of 2007 i began to realize my life wasn't really going anywhere it was kinda like i just woke up a bit and said to myself "music is great but everything is suffering right now.. including the music, so i have to deal with the normal-life side of my life if i want to open up doors for my music, girls, career, school, cars etc." this mindstate helped me to really get things back on track (sidenote: i have gotten sidetracked since then and ish, but right now i'm back to business) so all in all, to anyone reading this who is into art who feels like they have two lives my advice to you is to handle your normal life things so that u can eventually have all your stuff together and be a good procuctive artist with a healthy life if u only focus on your art, your life runs the risk of falling off balance and in my assessment, its just not worth it.. prioritize and plan wisely.. don't let your art be your downfall, move in a way to where it enhances your life rather than controls it, and once it becomes big enough, then u can ride it out but for now, if ur art isn't that big yet, my advice is don't neglect your normal life word
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JaimsThese are my blogs from 2009. I started them in May of that year when I couldn't work on music but still needed a way to express myself. Archives
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