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In a Shell: There’s Nothing Wrong With You
I originally shared this video back in 2013, and came across the post again now in 2022 as I was looking at my archives. I’m glad the video is still around because, as I said on my original post, it resonated with me in a big way; it made me feel understood. And I’m sure it can send a message of relief to others. Like Harry, I was a very shy, introverted kid. I know what it’s like to live in your head and see no way out of it, and I wish more people had told me that I was not alone and it was going to be okay.…
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Our Standardized Life
Cluttered minds have a thing or two in common. We can’t just get to our daily tasks like normal people do. A spider web waits outside as we try to climb out of the dark; in other words, out of bed. Do I follow this line or this one over here? And, where does it even lead to? Every day starts out the same — do I focus on making art or making money today? A way of living only a few can understand. Talk to the corporate world and they’ll be dazed. “But, how?” they’ll ask, questions pouring out of their brain. A nine-to-five sounds okay (if you think…
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The Moment
La multitud te aclama: ¡Otra! ¡Otra! Y te quedas ahí, absorbiendo todo. Las miradas. El cariño. Los aplausos—hasta aquellos que aplauden solamente por pura borrachera. Eres dueña del momento. The crowd goes wild: One more! One more! And you just stand there, taking it all in (the moment). The gaze. The affection. The applause—even those applauding only out of drunkenness. You own the moment.
