Feb 06 2009
Thought of the day: On the Art of Dying
In today’s economic climate it is very difficult to enliven culture and art. I see myself today deriorating culturally because 90% of my thoguht process is now switched on primarily to surviving and keeping a roof over my head.
i see a lot of artists like me who due to financial constraints have had to bury their artistic temperaments in order to do things that are just for general sustenance of the body. I do sometimes wonder though as I was thinking today, what about my sustenance for my Soul? Where is that coming from if I can’t feed it through artistic means?
Well I do have hope, hope and faith in a God that may one day bring me back to being my true self, but who knows if it will ever happen again in this lifetime. I wonder really how many people are drying p like a prune just like me at this very moment in time. How many are dying from the inside. Maybe this is it, the only art I am learning now is the art of dying.
Some of my most true lessons I’ve learned about myself and life in general have come when I’ve been a starving artist. Keep your head up, keep writing, keep listening to music and keep doing your art. Sometimes, especially in crazy times like these - creative outlets like that are the only things that make sense.
You’re going to be stranded in a foreign country? (you can shoot me an e-mail if you want - skwguitar@yahoo.com) What’s the situation, if you don’t mind me asking (if you do I understand completely and you don’t have to answer me - sorry if I’m crossing a line here)
I understand and feel like you at the moment! It seems that my thoughts are on keeping this life going..