Derek, first of all, we welcome your dear new baby to this world. Congratulations!
After reading your latest post I was wondering if one day you will comeback to your home town in California and try a Radical Exclusion. Sleeping deeply a couple of nights, letting your subconscious know that you're back home, start to write for days and see what come out of it.
As an impressionist myself, one has to see the subject as often as possible to grasp it spirit and feel. It is all about momentum. The goal is to "capture the moment". So it is more about the "concept of the moment" than the subject
As an impressionist myself, one has to see the subject as often as possible to grasp it spirit and feel. It is all about momentum. The goal is to "capture the moment". So it is more about the "concept of the moment" than the subject
Money comes and go...but everyday passion is priceless...
Don't worry about your old days...tomorrow is right now...
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My office was on Main Street, Santa Monica for 5 years. Coming from NYC , the sun , the beach ...wow...after the first year, it started to feel like "groundhog day"...every day blue sky, sun, same stupid movie business conversation, at the bars, with the young drunk girls wannabe movie star...the guy above is so right. The sun , the beach, the drunk beautiful stupid girls are just distractions. Took my bags and now back to the east coast dreaming of the sun.
I lived in New York City, Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley) and San Francisco.
In California, you spend +- $800/month on car stuff... and your small apart. will eat another $1000/month...
In New York, no car is needed and you can found a shared space for a very good price...the keyword in NYC is "shared". shared apt. , shared workspace...shared girlfriend.
The most important is the people of New York City (including Brooklyn). They are amazing! It will take you a good two years to be accepted as a "local", but when you are "in", they will become your extended family... this is priceless... you won't get this in California.
I always compared New York City as a nasty girlfriend, you want to leave her because she is nasty to you, but you stick with her because the sex is so good.
Dream about the future, but work hard today. Dream big. Set goals and plans for the future. But working hard today is always the first step towards realizing your dreams tomorrow. Don’t allow dreaming about tomorrow to replace living in today.
After reading your latest post I was wondering if one day you will comeback to your home town in California and try a Radical Exclusion. Sleeping deeply a couple of nights, letting your subconscious know that you're back home, start to write for days and see what come out of it.