WARNING: The Danger Of Worshipping Your Dream

October 15, 2012 2 Comments


Don’t fall in love with your dream or fantasize about artistic success, riches, power or prestige.

What?

Most dream chasers are naturally drawn towards the spotlight, but when we crave it, when we worship the idea of it,  something terrible happens…

We lose the purity in our art and the soul goes out of our music.

The moment we choose/make “our art” all about ourselves, we taint the purity of our creation with our own self-indulgence and we lose the trust of our audience. The strong tendency to self-absorption and self promotion affects every artist, it doesn’t matter who we are, or what we have achieved; we have to work hard to fight against it.

The problem begins when we aspire and obsess about our dream, focusing on what it could do for us, rather than what it may lend to our audience.

 

2012 Copyright Seven Sentences – Artistic Dreams

About GeoffTalbot: Geoff Talbot is the founder of this Creative Blog. He loves writing words that encourage creative people.

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  • http://philrood.blogspot.com/ Phil Rood

    I think if your dream is centered around money and fame, you’re not going to make it work anyway. We’ve all seen movies where actors are clearly just there collecting a paycheck. Even very talented actors do this and I think we can all tell and it effects what we think of that movie… on the other hand, you may see that same actor in a smaller indie movie that they are doing for very little money, and are in it because they love the project and believe in it and their performance is great. Point is, if your main focus is simply to get paid, your project will suffer for it.

  • Helene Poulakou

    If your dream is to live in financial and social success, then you’re driven by the spotlight. Only, this is about you, and it doesn’t concern anyone else. It doesn’t involve anyone else. So, if you’re not concerned for people, they won’t be concerned for you, for your message, for your dream.

    People are not dreaming about your success, they have their own dreams. Go find them in their dreamland; that’s where they will greet you and embrace you.

    Life is about how we approach each other.