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I'm going to link this fragment of a documentary on the Belgian artist Sam Dillemans called "Madness in the detail". He talks about his work and his struggle to

I'm going to link this fragment of a documentary on the Belgian artist Sam Dillemans called "Madness in the detail". He talks about his work and his struggle to get to that elusive point where he finally reaches his artistic vision, as well as his impressions on how the rest of the world approaches art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsZ5pmZfIc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsZ5pmZfIc0 Clearly, everything else is subservient to art as far as Sam Dillemans is concerned. That's who he is. That's the mind space in which he operates. It's his innate personality. Do you have to be like Sam Dillemans? Do you want to be like Sam Dillemans? Sure, there are aspects of him that everyone recognizes within themselves. It's up to you, though, to figure out what you want to take from that and how far you want to take that for yourself. Everyone is living their own unique, personal experience of life. There's only one Sam Dillemans living the life of Sam Dillemans. Trying to become Sam Dillemans is futile. Trying to become yourself, well, that's what it's all about, isn't it?

williamcotton 4y ago
> Trying to become yourself, well, that's what it's all about, isn't it? It truly is. I felt inadequate as a musician until I found “my voice”. Now it seems incoherent to compare myself to another artist. I’ve also found myself a lot more accepting of other art because it doesn’t seem to be a competition any longer.
lioeters 4y ago
> Trying to become yourself That sums up the thread for me. It's a noble goal, thank you for the reminder. Being an artist, a human being, is not about competing with others as to who is better, it's about becoming truly and deeply yourself. Recently I wrote down the following, from an eulogy by Conan O'Brien about an advice he got from a respected elder. "Be yourself. That's the only way it can work." - Johnny Carson
- sprkwd 4y ago
  I've always liked: "Be yourself, everybody else is taken."
trgn 4y ago
Great share thank you. Passion and frustration, living in the shadow of giants vs standing on their shoulders.

williamcotton 4y ago

> Trying to become yourself, well, that's what it's all about, isn't it? It truly is. I felt inadequate as a musician until I found “my voice”. Now it seems incoherent to compare myself to another artist. I’ve also found myself a lot more accepting of other art because it doesn’t seem to be a competition any longer.

lioeters 4y ago

> Trying to become yourself That sums up the thread for me. It's a noble goal, thank you for the reminder. Being an artist, a human being, is not about competing with others as to who is better, it's about becoming truly and deeply yourself. Recently I wrote down the following, from an eulogy by Conan O'Brien about an advice he got from a respected elder. "Be yourself. That's the only way it can work." - Johnny Carson

sprkwd 4y ago
I've always liked: "Be yourself, everybody else is taken."

trgn 4y ago

Great share thank you. Passion and frustration, living in the shadow of giants vs standing on their shoulders.