Why we do, what we do.
So, my buddy Jason posted this over on his Facebook, calling it "Musings on an Opening." As is common for him, he nailed it...read on and see what I mean.
We are not lucky to be who we are. We are not special or above. We are the illusion of prosperity in a package that works three jobs and lives with five other people and wears salvo dress to the big events. We are mingling with the money and the money thinks they understand who we are and we pretend that they do because they are, after all, the money. We are celebration. We are your best day out and your inspiration. We are happy to go to work, we are happy to work at all. We do not beg, we do not feel entitled but we will take what is offered. We are joy in free booze and finger foods. We are going to do the same show over and over and keep it fresh without changing a thing. We are risk and fear, laughing wild. We are always under scrutiny and we rarely have a plan. We are ready to be anywhere this time next month. We are grateful. We are fast friends and departures that come far too soon. We are the next thing and we exist in 16 bars, one minute blocks and type outs and that must be satisfactory. We are 8 hours waiting to be seen for 30 seconds. And we are addicted to that. We are connections and old flames. We are proof that the most convoluted and seemingly impossible of pursuits can bring people to their feet. We are story fluff spectacle issue and humanity. We are vanity ego and pretension. We are united by our work but singular and isolated in our sensibilities. We are the ones who can count on everything changing for the better at any moment. We are not without despair but we are not overcome.
We are...putting on a play.
Jason gets it right again, more succinctly and eloquently than my own thoughts on the matter, so I'm glad he shared...:-)
We are not lucky to be who we are. We are not special or above. We are the illusion of prosperity in a package that works three jobs and lives with five other people and wears salvo dress to the big events. We are mingling with the money and the money thinks they understand who we are and we pretend that they do because they are, after all, the money. We are celebration. We are your best day out and your inspiration. We are happy to go to work, we are happy to work at all. We do not beg, we do not feel entitled but we will take what is offered. We are joy in free booze and finger foods. We are going to do the same show over and over and keep it fresh without changing a thing. We are risk and fear, laughing wild. We are always under scrutiny and we rarely have a plan. We are ready to be anywhere this time next month. We are grateful. We are fast friends and departures that come far too soon. We are the next thing and we exist in 16 bars, one minute blocks and type outs and that must be satisfactory. We are 8 hours waiting to be seen for 30 seconds. And we are addicted to that. We are connections and old flames. We are proof that the most convoluted and seemingly impossible of pursuits can bring people to their feet. We are story fluff spectacle issue and humanity. We are vanity ego and pretension. We are united by our work but singular and isolated in our sensibilities. We are the ones who can count on everything changing for the better at any moment. We are not without despair but we are not overcome.
We are...putting on a play.
Jason gets it right again, more succinctly and eloquently than my own thoughts on the matter, so I'm glad he shared...:-)