Some one asked me today how I accomplished goals. Right now I actually have a lot of goals. Too many as a matter of fact so that the intentions and lines of this goals gat all tangled up like loose fishing lines and I trip over them. Since I've returned from Maine and my fibers workshop my head is crammed with ideas for things I want to accomplish and this runs up against the actual goals I need to accomplish before September: produce work for an October show and a new curriculum for my fall class.
So the answer in short is Lists. Once again the ubiquitous list crammed into my pocket or slipped into the folder I carry around pretending I'm getting to everything on it. But slowly I am even as I live my life. Even I as I go to cronings and find time to jam and drink bourbon, I managed to contact all the NYU first year students today and get a status update on their Sept job plans. One down.
I wrote a show proposal and did some research and even got to the studio to begin making a model for a larger project. Beyond lists it has to be focus. I am trying to keep still enough to focus on one thing at a time and not jump around and cause myself any more anxiety than is necessary. A good trick for an almost 60 year girl. It ain't easy managing one's own disjointedness, but then its not such a burden either.
Thinking about lists and life, I'm reminded of the talented young musician Mike who just released an album May God Bless Your Hustle and is getting rave reviews.
"The rapper MIKE, a self-described “bulky black body” from the Bronx, is a prodigious wordsmith with a booming voice and a silver tongue. In the span of a single track, he may contemplate life and death, responsibility and ambition, the state of the world and the state of his wallet. He pushes and pulls his words with a preternatural sense of rhythm. His new album, May God Bless Your Hustle, is a collection of observations, thoughts, and confessions about simply existing and trying to exist simply at the age of 18 ." Associate Editor Matthew Strauss in Pitchfork
Mike's rapping seems like a laundry list for how to live your life when life isn't so easy or clear.
He's an elegant and humble artist with a big future ahead. I hope he can keep his head and his clarity when the world opens up for him, which it will. I am slightly prejudiced here as my son has a credit and some lines on one track. None the less this is a huge talent.
You can find him on Bandcamp and Soundcloud: https://mikelikesrap.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/t6mikee
So the answer in short is Lists. Once again the ubiquitous list crammed into my pocket or slipped into the folder I carry around pretending I'm getting to everything on it. But slowly I am even as I live my life. Even I as I go to cronings and find time to jam and drink bourbon, I managed to contact all the NYU first year students today and get a status update on their Sept job plans. One down.
I wrote a show proposal and did some research and even got to the studio to begin making a model for a larger project. Beyond lists it has to be focus. I am trying to keep still enough to focus on one thing at a time and not jump around and cause myself any more anxiety than is necessary. A good trick for an almost 60 year girl. It ain't easy managing one's own disjointedness, but then its not such a burden either.
Thinking about lists and life, I'm reminded of the talented young musician Mike who just released an album May God Bless Your Hustle and is getting rave reviews.
"The rapper MIKE, a self-described “bulky black body” from the Bronx, is a prodigious wordsmith with a booming voice and a silver tongue. In the span of a single track, he may contemplate life and death, responsibility and ambition, the state of the world and the state of his wallet. He pushes and pulls his words with a preternatural sense of rhythm. His new album, May God Bless Your Hustle, is a collection of observations, thoughts, and confessions about simply existing and trying to exist simply at the age of 18 ." Associate Editor Matthew Strauss in Pitchfork
Mike's rapping seems like a laundry list for how to live your life when life isn't so easy or clear.
He's an elegant and humble artist with a big future ahead. I hope he can keep his head and his clarity when the world opens up for him, which it will. I am slightly prejudiced here as my son has a credit and some lines on one track. None the less this is a huge talent.
You can find him on Bandcamp and Soundcloud: https://mikelikesrap.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/t6mikee
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| MIKE and my son Nick |
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