Mmmm... Obsession, struggle, involvement and authenticity.
Things to make you go Mmmm…
by Darien J
"To encourage creativity by sharing more inspiration than any electronic artist.”
Three thoughts for your creativity and one on mine.
3 for you:
The results of obsession.
“People look at the output and assume superhuman discipline, when in reality the work felt almost unavoidable.“ - Chris Williamson
The beautiful struggle.
“One day the struggle will strike you as most beautiful.” - Sigmund Freud
Got to be in it to win it.
"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them." - C. S. Lewis
1 from me
The Scariest Thing to be is Yourself.
“It’s strange that the hardest role to play is the one we were born with.
Most of us learn early on to round the edges, soften the colours, tweak the volume. We hide parts of ourselves just enough to fit in, to stay safe, to avoid judgement. And it works - but only up to a point.
Because the more you edit yourself, the heavier life becomes.
Being yourself asks more of you. It asks for honesty. Vulnerability. Courage. It means standing there without the mask and accepting that some people won’t get it - and that’s the point.
The right people only recognise you when you stop pretending.
And here’s the twist: the thing you fear losing by being yourself is usually the thing you never really had. Approval. Agreement. Certainty. Those are temporary. Alignment with who you really are lasts.
So yes - being yourself is scary.
But not being yourself costs far more.”
Until next week
Darien J
Electronic Artist
Live Minimal Techno
PS: This week I’m back in build mode - refining the live set, tightening the details, and mapping the next show. Progress isn’t loud, but it compounds.