"You have to get vulnerable...That's when we feel faith in humanity. Those warm moments of colour in
the tepidness of status-quo life. Whether you're on stage or in the
audience, you must channel that fear into something productive, or get
rid of it...We watch people on a stage. The ones who really blow our minds are the
ones who tap in to that carnal part of inspired humanity that allows us
to just be alright with each other. The ones who really inspire us are
the ones who put down their armour. They get naked with such brilliance
that instead of cutting them to bits, everyone in the room wishes they
had the balls to get naked, too.
The fact is that, those moments on stage when everything goes right
inject enough awesome sauce into one's life to make up for an eternity
of predictable financial stability. In fact, you begin to pity
people who can't let go. It's like being in on this amazing secret. You
start to live your life moment to moment. You realize that getting
vulnerable is a catalyst to having boatloads of memorable moments in
your life. You learn that most people will actually meet you there. And
you stop caring if they don't. And you learn to disregard people who
don't "get it". The good ones will.
Dan Mangan published by the Guardian. Words to live by.
My favourite artists crawl right into the thick of an experience, and show themselves and the heart of the matter uncovered. Yes, naked. They expose themselves as they hold up this moment of complex and torturosly beautiful, real humanity and you just can't look away.
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