Francesco
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Francesco
On one side, I agree with fact that I deserve a job that makes me want to wake up for it instead of whatever office boring and toxic job expects me to do.
But at the same time, following your passion and chasing art-making as your full time income is also likely to ruin your art practice in the first place. I know a little about it because I had a passion for music and sound art as a teenager. Even just attending uni in my early twenties to focus on sound more than on anything else was enough to make that passion fade away almost entirely.
So I’m not too sure what the answer is really. I wish I didn’t have to work either but I also don’t want whatever creative pursuit brings me joy now to become my ft profession.
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Finally, a different perspective on the tiktok ban.
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what he discovered was that, in finally allowing himself to feel weak and helpless—totally helpless—he felt less helpless and more in control than ever. Strength is not the opposite of weakness. Real strength lies in the total embrace of weakness.
Jeff Foster • The Deepest Acceptance
How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.
Elizabeth Lesser • Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
Is it because change appears to threaten our survival?
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Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
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luckysoap.comWhat looks like weakness is actually where your strength lies. And what looks like strength is often weakness, an attempt to cover up fear; this is an act or a facade, however convincing it might appear to others or even to yourself.
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Not sure if I agree, but interesting perspective