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We just had the Summer Solstice this week.
I love the solstice moments in our nature
In our lives.
It is this gentle reminder that balance is an illusion
Or more that balance is an verb, not a state.
It is like the old school scales where you weigh one side versus another
It doesn’t automatically even out
No, it bobs
It flips
It shifts
One side to the next and back again
Until it evens out
And then the weight on one side changes
The inevitable rebalancing as the priorities shift ⚖️
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There are only two days of so-called balance
When day and night are even
The Spring Equinox and the Fall Equinox
Two out of 365 days!
And yet, we - and I - expect ourselves to unlock the code
One day we’ll steal the secret of total harmony
Once we make this money
Once we get this relationship
Once we earn this love
But nature doesn’t even have that
The problem is that we often mistake even for happiness, balance for joy
The real beauty is in finding the serenity of the moment we’re in
Whether we are experiencing the cold clarity of the longest night
Or the endless hug of the longest day 🌞
🤩 Money and fame often make your artistic life more complicated, not less
Sure, we can glamorize being famous owning lots of things and being well respected, but it isn’t going to solve all your problems
Depending on your own issues:
🫠 Your sudden attention may make your insecurities worse
🤔 You may forget why you do what you do in the first place
😵💫 You may be surrounded with people who are with you for the wrong reasons
Creating a scrappy, simple creative practice is usually the closest you’ll get to artistic fulfillment and joy. Here are legendary comedian Richard Pryor and icon Arsenio Hall explaining why.
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