Episode 5, and I'm shocked to say it's getting harder!
Since I've now moved from Bright Shiny Object to The Dip, which Seth Godin termed as the space between the excitement of beginning something and the payoff of its success.

What does it take to stay committed? To stay in the slog, when things don't have a clear end in sight? To keep believing in the work, before anyone else does?

And then I ponder why, if art is serves a social good of connection and catharsis, it isn't publicly funded and supported the way that health and schools are? These are imperfect systems, to be sure, but how do we bridge the space between the individual hustle required in a capitalist society, of selling our wares, to some form of recognizing the contribution of artists in healing and advancing our societies?

Also mentioned in this episode:

The Dip: A Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
by Seth Godin

Big Magic
by Elizabeth Gilbert

(photo credit: Janae Jones Photography)

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