2:10 "i don't really know what i'm doing ... i'm just following my curiosity ... widening the theatre of wonder ... its available to everybody ... just need the courage to do so" thats an authentic reflective voice i wanted to hear as an elderly person who has had a relatively smooth middle class life of work, career and family ... looking back its been very boring-safe in an-unexamined-way i can see now that i was following the rules set by others restricted within those guardrails there's more in this world than that safe path ... an adventure of sorts i need to listen more to my inner voice/voices,when i get that those questions of ... "hmmm, is this it? how come its not as great as they say it is? there must be something not right with me?" and settling less for myself ... than pushing on for more of me ... whatever that is ... haha .
One of the hallmarks of truly good writers is that they come out with ORIGINAL Metaphor/Analogy, like a fresh injection of crack that get you high and excited - but in a good way! Because cliche feels more like an old movie that no longer excites me...I mean how many times can you watch Star Wars?
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2:10 "i don't really know what i'm doing ... i'm just following my curiosity ...
widening the theatre of wonder ... its available to everybody ... just need the courage to do so"
thats an authentic reflective voice i wanted to hear
as an elderly person who has had a relatively smooth middle class life of work, career and family ...
looking back its been very boring-safe in an-unexamined-way
i can see now that i was following the rules set by others
restricted within those guardrails
there's more in this world than that safe path ... an adventure of sorts
i need to listen more to my inner voice/voices,when i get that those questions of ...
"hmmm, is this it? how come its not as great as they say it is? there must be something not right with me?"
and settling less for myself ... than pushing on for more of me ... whatever that is ... haha
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Wow. So beautifully thought, crafted, and spoken.
God I cried at this i love all their books such a beautiful soul
One of the hallmarks of truly good writers is that they come out with ORIGINAL Metaphor/Analogy, like a fresh injection of crack that get you high and excited - but in a good way! Because cliche feels more like an old movie that no longer excites me...I mean how many times can you watch Star Wars?
Fantastic.
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