“Artists are some of the most driven and courageous
people on the face of the earth. They deal with more day to day rejection in
one year than most people do in a lifetime. Every day, artists face the
financial challenge of living a freelance lifestyle, the disrespect of people
who think they should get ‘real’ jobs, and their own fear that they’ll never
work again. Every day they have to ignore the possibility that the vision to
which they have dedicated their lives is a pipedream. With every passing year,
many of them watch as other people their age; achieve the predictable
milestones of normal life - the car, the family, the house, the nest egg. But
they stay true to their dream, in spite of the sacrifices. Why? Because artists
are willing to give their entire lives to a moment - to that line, that laugh,
that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience’s soul.
Artists are beings who have tasted life’s nectar in that crystal moment when
they poured out their creative spirit and touched another’s heart. In that
instant, they were as close to magic, God and perfection as anyone could ever
be. And in their own hearts, they know that to dedicate oneself to that moment
is worth a thousand lifetimes.”
- David Ackert
Artist coach and musician, Qotaye Nelson, has written a thought provoking response to this quote over at
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