Stick Control- account of the fact that I've been a slave to it since 1980.
I read The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) as a young teen and the idea of art before commerce really resonated with me. As I got older, I came to see Rand as more of a whack-job, but to this day The Fountainhead's core principal with regard to the arts is still intact.
My take away was that it's better to take a day job to keep from starving than to compromise your aesthetic sense if you have one.From what I remember, the Fountainhead's core principal regarding the arts is: don't do what you have to do to make a living, do what you want to do even if you starve doing it.
No thanks. And you're right, Rand was a very nasty whack job.
Well said, once you lose your artistic integrity, what else is there?My take away was that it's better to take a day job to keep from starving than to compromise your aesthetic sense if you have one.
Case in point - after many years of making great records and wowing audiences with The Dregs and Steve Morse, Rod Morgenstien decided it would be a good idea to take the Winger gig, swapping out his trademark big smile and tie-dye shirts for big teased up hair and surly sex-god facial expressions, all at the specific direction of the marketing dept, but he went along with it.
Sure, he got paid alright, but I'd say his "brand" took a huge hit and that move did him more long term harm than good. Plus now he has to live down having played in one the most egregiously awful corporate shit-rock bands in history.
All for what, money? No thanks.
Glad someone else chimed in!"Ishmael" is a favorite of mine. It made me realize why I felt such conflict about so many social norms - they don't make sense!
The author hopes that enough awareness will turn things around, but I am not really so hopeful. Nevertheless, I appreciated the impetus the book gave me to look at things in a new light. Understanding is important, even if it doesn't change the world.
Ha ha!This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.