Is The Reward Of Your Work — Who You Become?

There are many professions where words don’t mean anything. That might contradict what I am doing, in my quest to write 1000 blogs. But there are some things, that require no words or that it doesn’t matter. You can’t word yourself into climbing 9a. It’s about training and doing it. Words are really important, definitely, but without anything behind it, it doesn’t matter. A picture often says much more, but words leave something to the imagination.

In my teaching, it’s mostly about doing. And it’s really challenging with kids. But ultimately we pay attention to what people do. Speak less. Write more. If I teach art, am I a good artist? If I teach music, am I a good guitarist? I try to teach by doing and showing, not really by speaking. Commercially my art and music sells. Because in the end it is about results. And although the process is important, the process should be action based. I pay attention to people who have something to show for it. Not the stuff. But the resolve. It’s easy to do things once. It’s hard to stick with it, when there is no reward or validation.

So my quest is to see more… Constrained currently because I can’t travel yet. It’s mentally about doing basic things well and better. To be more conscious. I’m not an artist, writer or guitarist. I do those things, but I think identity is much more than that. It comes back to behavior and essence. There are many ways to see more. To have sight and clarity. In a way we are all a bit like billard balls, bouncing off each other. We are both influencing the world, and being influenced on. Nothing stands alone on an island.

I just absolutely know 100% for certain, that life is massive. There is so much happening. What people are doing is incredible. There is so much to it. I’m aiming to be more aware. I believe it’s what is happening behind the scenes that count. And as an artist identity — to fail publicly. To practice publicly. We all want success. It doesn’t matter what we believe — we want to succeed and grow our mission and organizations. That takes work, not words. I’m writing this, because I’ve had to do lots of work, to be able to write daily. Maybe it’s good or bad. The first rung is action. Silence. Coming to terms with reality. Experiences. There’s lots of superstition out there.