http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/51.01.YourHowl
The story that I chose to summarize is the first story about a red wolf named Mumon. Mumon was released from captivity along with 13 other wolves all who did not know how to howl. Once in the wild all the wolves gave up except for Mumon he went out to find his howl. After some chance encounters Mumon found his howl and brought it back to the pack. I believe that this story shows that everything isn't just given to you, sometimes you have to go out and get it yourself. The story also shows you to never give up cause eventually you will find what you are looking for.
One of my favorite band's the Avett Brothers has a song called "Paranoia in B major" the lyrics of the song have helped me as a creative person and thinker.
"I keep having this dream; I'm at a party
There's people throwing drinks and screaming telling me that I don't belong
Lately life's been the same I find this comfortable place
With all my friends then my friends start telling me that I've always been wrong
And I'm so tired of being wrong"
The first time that I heard the song I really enjoyed the beat and was curious what the title meant so I went and looked at the lyrics. Upon reading the lyrics I found that like many songs it was telling a story, but there was something about this story that made me think. The song tells the story of a paranoid man who keeps having a dream that everyone is mad at him and he doesn't fit in. In his real life his friends tell him that he always wrong and he is sick of that and just wants to do right.
This story of this man really speaks to me as a creative person in many ways. As a creative person when you create something new you are always paranoid about what people are going to think of it. But in order to overcome this you just have to learn to let go and only care what you think not others. Like the man in the story you just have to figure out a way to move on and not get tied up thinking people don't like you as a person or as a creator. If you start thinking to hard it will be reflected in your work in a way that comes off as over done and over thought.
You can find yourself trapped in this creative world that all you care about is pleasing others and making others happy through your work. I think that it's important to just do the things that make you happy as an artist and there is a pretty good chance that it will make others happy as well. You can learn a lot about yourself by just letting go creatively and just seeing what happens that how you truly can figure out what kind of creator and person you are.
Paranoia is a complete waste of time and energy and can eat you up from the inside out. Some of the most influential artsits in history were not brought into success by being paranoid about what people think of their works but rather setting the bar and saying "who cares" this is what I like to create so you can take it or leave it. People may doubt you or give up on you or tell you that you can't do something but the only way to truly find out is to just say "who cares" im not listening to people doubt me and tell me that I can't do something i'm just going to go out and do something the way that I want to because that is all that matters to me.
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