Listenting to the radio about the passing of Ray Charles. And, heard this quote from Ray Charles, “My music is like breathing. If you don’t breath you die. If I don’t have my music I die.”
Hmm! Sounds like an “Artist” to me.
Coincendentally I was on the Net looking at test that measures Thinking and Acting styles. They were stressing the need to use your strengths.
These two somewhat disparate things clicked together in my “dendritic” mind. And, I got thinking, exercising my Thinking strength: Insight, to ponder meanings and visualize possibilities.
If what Ray Charles said is true, then what does that mean for meas an Artist?
Will I die if I don’t do my “art”, my “work.
Could be. I know lots of days when I’m in pain and start writing the pain fades and sometimes goes away. I also know that I feel like I would die if I couldn’t write.
What about you?
What’s like breathing for you?
Are ya doin’ it?
If you’re not maybe that’s why your life feels so arid and without life.
The answer?
Find your ‘work”. Know your passion. DO IT!
