THAT one is definitely *not* always very easily done. I speak from experience, unfortunately. Humans LOVE to be critical / judgmental on big things & small.
Use your creative spark or lose it. Think outside the box. At least LOOK at the new & different before you dismiss them. I know people who SHUN creativity & critical thinking both, usually among my own relatives.☹️😔
These two - I don’t know - I don’t trust either one. Lou made authentic art - for whatever reason they are some odd couple. Met them at Anderson Ranch around 2006 and the dinner party scenario fits what I also experienced. Unapproachable, pretentious snobs. Not generous at all.
Reed played near here during the last years of his life. He’d been sober a while by then and wanted the venue to Move the bar so it wouldn’t be in his line of sight from the stage. That’s where my head goes when I think of Lou Reed.
Being tender applies only to the people Seen? Not the unhip or the service staff?
I love this. My husband and I have a few rules for living, and now I want to add more. Our rules are: (1) Always get in the water. (2) Never go somewhere unless the getting there takes less than at least half as long as the time you plan to stay. (3) Never eat in a restaurant that is named after the capital city of the region of that restaurant's cuisine.
My rule : Do you have critical thinking skills ? Use them ! Don't believe any shmoe who tries to sell you magic beans in exchange for that big fat prize cow that you're taking to market.
One rule I love is advice from David Bowie "Never Play to the Gallery" -- don't make something based on what the majority like which I think is a good reminder to not give into likes, views, followers, etc when creating.
“Freedom is a scary thing
Not many people really want it."
--Laurie Anderson, "Statue of Liberty"
Ah, good one!!
As someone who has been afraid of most people my whole life, I will do my damnedest to adopt this. Thank you for posting.
I literally wrote almost that exact sentence in the first draft, then took it out 🫣
Take your inner critic out to the shed.
THAT one is definitely *not* always very easily done. I speak from experience, unfortunately. Humans LOVE to be critical / judgmental on big things & small.
Oh my God, the story from the dinner party at Abramović's loft... hahahahahahahahahahahaha
If you can't love your neighbor as yourself, work on loving yourself. Nothing really matters in the end.
Somebody the other day quoted these 3 rules from Nelson Algren's novel A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE:
“Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.”
Haha, what a weird list!
(That last one feels especially interesting given Algren's longtime affair with Simone de Beauvoir 👀)
Hey, we teach what we need to learn 😂
Get bigger than what’s bugging you - really the how to of the Anderson/Reed rules?
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Use your creative spark or lose it. Think outside the box. At least LOOK at the new & different before you dismiss them. I know people who SHUN creativity & critical thinking both, usually among my own relatives.☹️😔
These two - I don’t know - I don’t trust either one. Lou made authentic art - for whatever reason they are some odd couple. Met them at Anderson Ranch around 2006 and the dinner party scenario fits what I also experienced. Unapproachable, pretentious snobs. Not generous at all.
Reed played near here during the last years of his life. He’d been sober a while by then and wanted the venue to Move the bar so it wouldn’t be in his line of sight from the stage. That’s where my head goes when I think of Lou Reed.
Being tender applies only to the people Seen? Not the unhip or the service staff?
This is indeed very tender. A fourth rule: see from within, not just from without…
I love this. My husband and I have a few rules for living, and now I want to add more. Our rules are: (1) Always get in the water. (2) Never go somewhere unless the getting there takes less than at least half as long as the time you plan to stay. (3) Never eat in a restaurant that is named after the capital city of the region of that restaurant's cuisine.
So you're saying I should never eat at a restaurant with Sacramento in the name?? (OK, that is a good rule.) Thanks for sharing these, Sarah!
My rule : Do you have critical thinking skills ? Use them ! Don't believe any shmoe who tries to sell you magic beans in exchange for that big fat prize cow that you're taking to market.
My grandmother told me to never trust a man who wears cologne.
It's pretty hard to believe that Lou followed the third rule ahahahah
If you might regret not doing it, do it. You have nothing to lose.
Great piece! I really enjoyed Laurie Anderson's Desert Island Discs interview....more great advice there too! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mcseE0voYqdzqahZ2CDgw?si=dacd42074fe34400
One rule I love is advice from David Bowie "Never Play to the Gallery" -- don't make something based on what the majority like which I think is a good reminder to not give into likes, views, followers, etc when creating.