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cynthetiq:
it seems to me, when i look around where i am, that everyone works hard--not necessarily in the same way (my circle is made up mostly of artist/musician types). given that, i dont see the point of having an entire narrative that lets you say the obvious.
but fine, whatever--again, it is good that you have worked things out for yourself, and please dont take anything in what i am saying as a knock on that.
some level of discipline seems to me a prerequisite for being able to do anything well.
it is what you might call the craft part of what you do that is the centre of it.
whether you find a market niche for it in this ludicrous wasteland that is american capitalism or not is arbitrary, really.
(keep in mind that my viewpoint on this stuff is split--i do academic work and am a musician, and here i find myself talking largely as a musician)
from which it follows that you would probably be doing the same things either way--whether you are out there performing in big venues or putting stuff together for yourself.
that is what matters, to me.
being able to learn to be stubborn, to keep going, to keep pushing what are now limits you set up for yourself, to not let other things get in the way, to be open to the idea that those other things may nonetheless be informative.
stuff is just stuff.
you never arrive anywhere.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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