I can’t remember where I heard it, but there was a quote that unfortunately I typically cannot remember exactly. It said something along the lines -
an artist must respond to their time / to the things going on in their time.
This rang true as a behaviour to aspire to. Not in a ‘Voice of a Generation’ nonsense, but as in - is a practice of making music, songs etc. improved by responding to who I am right now, and what is my environment (in its broadest sense) right now? I would say it is. In the same way that mindfulness and meditation, by bringing us to closer knowledge of ourselves in the present, allows us to see the environment more clearly, and make choices from information that is clearer and less impeded.
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