I'm taking this advice as well. ;) Good to see you here, Mr Pugsley. Hope you're making some magic with that camera and those lenses of yours.... Thanks for all the good energy.
There is an old movie (cant remember the name) about a young promising blues singer. (the conversation goes something like this) A old blues-singer sits in the audience listening to the talented new guy, and he says to a middle-aged bluesguy: - Yeah, the kid is clearly talented, - now give it 20 years and he will be really good. the middle-aged guy replies, what do you mean by 20 years? and the oldtimer replies: By then he have been thru some pain and hardship, loss and broken dreams. - You can't sing the blues with real emotions, until you have experienced the pain and struggles in life. (End semiquote) I think your onto something here - An artist who are (economically) disconnected from the life of most people, seldom goes on to create art that means something to the general public, they are to disconnected from the everyday life of normal people, to make something that resonates with people. Maybe that's what made John Legend's "ordinary people" so popular. For anyone interested in making something that resonates with people, don't pray for an easy life - pray for an interesting life, and with that comes struggle. That's the blessing in disguise.
Man, this is so true. When my first play closed after running for six years all over the world, my director asked me, "so... did you get anything out of all of this? Did you relieve the pain? Are you better off for having had this journey? Can Rock WILK write when he's happy and out of the struggle?" I am certainly open to making plenty of money and having an easier life, but as you say, I am so grateful for all struggle I have endured. First.. it has always made me a better person, and as a result, a better artist. Life is all of it. The good, the bad, the easy, the hard, the fortune, the disappointment. All of it is your life, and what we do with that is up to us. And as artists, I feel we are fortunate to have the opportunity to turn it all into something beautiful, over and over again, as I often say. Thanks for contributing here. Means a lot to me.
Thank you! You always have the right advice / insight at the right time.
I'm taking this advice as well. ;) Good to see you here, Mr Pugsley. Hope you're making some magic with that camera and those lenses of yours.... Thanks for all the good energy.
Really needed to hear this. Thank you 🖤
I appreciate that. Thanks so much for coming through, means a lot to me.
There is an old movie (cant remember the name) about a young promising blues singer. (the conversation goes something like this)
A old blues-singer sits in the audience listening to the talented new guy, and he says to a middle-aged bluesguy: - Yeah, the kid is clearly talented, - now give it 20 years and he will be really good. the middle-aged guy replies, what do you mean by 20 years? and the oldtimer replies: By then he have been thru some pain and hardship, loss and broken dreams. - You can't sing the blues with real emotions, until you have experienced the pain and struggles in life. (End semiquote)
I think your onto something here - An artist who are (economically) disconnected from the life of most people, seldom goes on to create art that means something to the general public, they are to disconnected from the everyday life of normal people, to make something that resonates with people. Maybe that's what made John Legend's "ordinary people" so popular.
For anyone interested in making something that resonates with people, don't pray for an easy life - pray for an interesting life, and with that comes struggle. That's the blessing in disguise.
Man, this is so true. When my first play closed after running for six years all over the world, my director asked me, "so... did you get anything out of all of this? Did you relieve the pain? Are you better off for having had this journey? Can Rock WILK write when he's happy and out of the struggle?" I am certainly open to making plenty of money and having an easier life, but as you say, I am so grateful for all struggle I have endured. First.. it has always made me a better person, and as a result, a better artist. Life is all of it. The good, the bad, the easy, the hard, the fortune, the disappointment. All of it is your life, and what we do with that is up to us. And as artists, I feel we are fortunate to have the opportunity to turn it all into something beautiful, over and over again, as I often say. Thanks for contributing here. Means a lot to me.