This isn’t so much about this interview (which was lovely, as usual)–but about a subject I’m always interested in about other creative folks: money and making a living. Creative folks need to follow our bliss–but if our bliss is something that doesn’t yet earn money, then we don’t only follow our bliss, but find ways to negotiate earning a living too, in ways that may have a lot to do with our creative loves, or may have very little or nothing to do with them. There are so many ways creative people approach earning a living. Some work at jobs they don’t especially enjoy, some find work related to their bliss, some use skills they get a sense of satisfaction out of using–doing what they like for money, so that they can do what they love outside of paid work–and many of us try to create “portfolio careers”, parallel careers, or other creative combinations of what we love, what we like well enough, and what we wouldn’t do if we didn’t have to.

This kind of negotiation between creativity and money is common to so many of us–yet when artists are given the microphone or the pen, they tend to talk only about their art and not about the rest of their lives, including their financial lives and how they’ve negotiated this complex issue. I would love to hear other artists/creative people talk about how they’ve navigated the tricky relationship between creative and financial needs–and how they manage what often amounts to two careers (one paid, one unpaid) without sacrificing other important life priorities–including rest and down time.

So, this is a comment for you to make of what you will–it it seems appropriate to you, you might ask about these kinds of issues during some of your interviews.

Meanwhile, thank you so much for these and for all that you do!

It’s absolutely timely for me, because just today, as I was teaching my 8th grade art class a boy took the two cups on the table that we use for sharpening pencils, turned them over and started drumming. At first it annoyed me a tad, because—well, they’re middle schoolers and any slight distraction can cause armageddon arise in the classroom–but there was something about it–and I then started adding a beat by tapping the table, then another kid joined in, and so on—-till a whole jam session broke out. It lasted maybe five minutes…but, it was really powerful. I think all of us felt it.

Listening to this great interview has got me really thinking more about sound…and thinking it’s definitely time I purchase those guitar strings and pull out my old guitar.

Thanks for sharing.

Peace & Love.

Thanks Jaimie for introducing me to the creativity of Fabeku.

My fav part of the interview was taking time to get re-centered through creativity —– forget busy-ness

Thanks for doing and sharing this. It totally rocked.