The only way out is through...
Hello and welcome the second newsletter on buttondown, brought to you by the labour day long weekend here in OZ.
but first this weeks comic:
Even attempted to edit it on my phone for you all. I really got to get better at squaring up images...
Anyway, this comic is probably a good representation of what myself and probably most artist (including writers, musicians and actors ect) go through most of the time. Expecially if they are from a working class background of any kind. People support you and encourage you for sure. But your income has to come from somewhere and often not from the thing that you've spent most of your life studying and working at.
I remember on thing David Bowie mentioned more than once was that if he hadn't gotten a free education he proably never would have got to where he had.
IT makes me think of how much amazing art we will never see because my generation and the ones coming after it will never get the same oppertinities as those before. Culturaly we are weaker for it.
And with triedness brings doubt. My brain has been begging the universe for some sort of sign that i should push harder for what i want. It delivered, in a way...
that battle of finding the ballence between self indulgent and engaging the audience is one that is all too firmilure for creative types. I never know when to dive deeper or step back.
Another thing that got my brain going was it being 30 years since the release of the Nine Inch Nails albumn 'The downward Spiral' Trent came out of social media exhile to touch on it.
There was also a great tumblr post on someone quiting their job that was crushing their will to live and how it took them about 2 years to figure out what they wanted to do with themselves. Unfortunate i cant find it to link you to it. the basics of it i got were two things 1) You have to fight for it. its hard. it will suck. eventually (hopefully) it will get better. 2) you really do need some sort of financial aid, even if its just crashing for free on on someones couch. Support need to be in the physical, not just thoughts and prayers.
And with those things to ponder on, I'm going to go and what one Mr Hanyu skate again. Then tomorrow I will listen to more Nine Inch Nails. And I will continue to fight for what I want.
May you all find the stenth to fight for what you want.
And to quote Mr Hanyu ' Efforts will lie,but will never be in vain'
until next time.