Bringing Good Energy
There are many horrible things happening in your backyard and all around the Earth right now. Your time, money, energy and concern can help alleviate some of that stress. It is always a good time to volunteer time and/or money towards pushing the world in the direction that you think is best.
But when you have determined at what level you can commit to that, it’s also time to try and give yourself good moments. Cook good food, work a job you love, masturbate, spend time with friends, read a book, make a song, make something that will last. This blog exists cause I don’t want to give all of my brain to twitter. I spent the morning listening to a podcast that was sending home the point that the medium we choose to communicate in dictates so much of what we say. And what we say on twitter is often just bait for a reaction. I’m here on this blog to share freely, to share slowly, to share in my own way. I would love to be able to comfortably do home maintenance and make my home life more beautiful, but I’m also creating words here that I hope I can look back on with a feeling that I made something that makes me smile, that helps me understand me, and might let readers feel some connection with. That’s a special thing. The podcast I was listening to is the latest from Ezra Klein.
The most inspiring podcast I’ve listened to lately is from Open Mike Eagle and Psalm One. I’ve known Open Mike Eagle and Psalm for quite some time. I guess I’ve known Psalm for about 18 years and Mike for maybe 10 or 12. Not close with either of them. But hearing not only about their journeys as rap artists, but their humanness as rap artists was pretty. . .affirming? I wanted to type inspiring but I guess in a weird sense it’s the opposite. I was affirmed to find out they too are petty, they too struggle with comparing themselves to the next artist, they too hit dry spells, they too need to slow down. These are artists where their recorded catalog gives us a sense that they are not super heroes, but something about hearing these two age mates and at times collaborators discuss their lives was a beautiful experience. I feel like Open Mike Eagle makes podcasts that only I care about, but the numbers make it clear that thousands of people also care about them.
Bring yourself joy, combat the bad things in the world, both in your neighborhood, in your city and internationally. But bring joy, put good music in your headphones and dive in, sleep enough, go to therapy and do what is best for you. And listen to podcasts, it’s the best media technology to come out since my birth (1981). Yes, even better than blogs on pink backgrounds.