I have been privileged to accompany you the long way round, and on the way I've questioned my own relevance as an artist too. The youthful notion that I would make a difference in some seismic way is not only a ship that has sailed, but has dropped below the horizon. Recent years have been about wrestling & reframing what art personally means to me - what is its use in my life , let alone the wider world. And I think it has boiled down to this: if I'm creating, then I'm not dead. However pathetically small that artistic spark is (and most days it is barely a glowing ember), then there is life. And as Dr Ian Malcolm reminds us - life finds a way. My art probably won't change the world, but it might change me - and that seems as good a place to start as any.
Mate, your art has long changed my world, so it's a long way from pathetic. Your insights run deep – that's why it's so frustrating for you to not get to fill more of your time using those skills more blatantly. Doesn't matter that you use them every day in lots of ways, we all want to see you making movies. Life's real calls are usually about how we cope with the pains and griefs, not the triumphs. But this doesn't mean there are no triumphs ahead. The story is a LONG way from over, however long the way round we have to take. I thank all the orbs in the sky we're in each other's lives; your abilities are quietly stunning.
I have been privileged to accompany you the long way round, and on the way I've questioned my own relevance as an artist too. The youthful notion that I would make a difference in some seismic way is not only a ship that has sailed, but has dropped below the horizon. Recent years have been about wrestling & reframing what art personally means to me - what is its use in my life , let alone the wider world. And I think it has boiled down to this: if I'm creating, then I'm not dead. However pathetically small that artistic spark is (and most days it is barely a glowing ember), then there is life. And as Dr Ian Malcolm reminds us - life finds a way. My art probably won't change the world, but it might change me - and that seems as good a place to start as any.
Mate, your art has long changed my world, so it's a long way from pathetic. Your insights run deep – that's why it's so frustrating for you to not get to fill more of your time using those skills more blatantly. Doesn't matter that you use them every day in lots of ways, we all want to see you making movies. Life's real calls are usually about how we cope with the pains and griefs, not the triumphs. But this doesn't mean there are no triumphs ahead. The story is a LONG way from over, however long the way round we have to take. I thank all the orbs in the sky we're in each other's lives; your abilities are quietly stunning.