Ben Cameron: The true power of the performing arts Video on TED.com
There's truth here..... Get past the introduction and listen to what he has to say about the future of the performing arts. I would say that the power of any art is its social relevance. I want to be stirred, shaken, moved and lifted by the art I encounter. I want it to matter, whether that is by making me laugh, think, or cry. It may make me angry or puzzled or draw me into that curious place of resonating mystery. I don't really care how good you are technically at drawing lines or balancing on your toes, if it doesn't come from a place of heart, it is probably not of interest to me. I need to know it matters to you. Then it will matter to me, regardless of whether I "like" it or think it is "good".
The arts, whatever they do, whenever they call us together, invite us to look at our fellow human being with generosity and curiosity.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Everything is insignificant....
which feels more than a tad depressing. And maybe that seems like a poor way to start a new venture.
But.
Here's the rest of the quote..
"Everything is insignificant, but it is important that you do it anyway."
Gandhi said that. Ghandi! Surely Gandhi can't be wrong.
I have a ton of "aha" thoughts go through my head each day, well some days anyways. Some of those thoughts seem rather insightful at the time. Some feel positively brilliant. They often come when I'm doing dishes or out in the garden. Why is it that they disappear when I sit down to write?
Because now I want it to be important, to be big, to invoke change in the world. I want it to matter. I want it to be good. And that puts pressure, and judgement and all of the things that block our creative impulses.
So instead, let's go with the idea that this blog thing is insignificant. And if it is insignificant, then it doesn’t have to be good. It doesn’t have to matter. In fact, it can be shallow and shitty and puny.
There's freedom in that. And that is not depressing, but liberating indeed.
So I am hereby granted freedom to create insignificance.
But it is important that I do it anyway.
But.
Here's the rest of the quote..
"Everything is insignificant, but it is important that you do it anyway."
Gandhi said that. Ghandi! Surely Gandhi can't be wrong.
I have a ton of "aha" thoughts go through my head each day, well some days anyways. Some of those thoughts seem rather insightful at the time. Some feel positively brilliant. They often come when I'm doing dishes or out in the garden. Why is it that they disappear when I sit down to write?
Because now I want it to be important, to be big, to invoke change in the world. I want it to matter. I want it to be good. And that puts pressure, and judgement and all of the things that block our creative impulses.
So instead, let's go with the idea that this blog thing is insignificant. And if it is insignificant, then it doesn’t have to be good. It doesn’t have to matter. In fact, it can be shallow and shitty and puny.
There's freedom in that. And that is not depressing, but liberating indeed.
So I am hereby granted freedom to create insignificance.
But it is important that I do it anyway.
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