I Wake Up Today...

I wake up today, after our first strART (street art event) in Mabopane, with the conviction that all the permission we have needed and we will ever need in life we already have. The need for affirmation from gatekeepers and those who have money will delay us; they will delay the coming together and expression of the very dreams that hold us as prisoners of sleeplessness, restlessness and caffeine and various addictions.

I sadly noted that sometimes the ones who have resources don’t have projects, and vice-versa. I have also noted that you yourself are your greatest resource. Use you.

Many a time I find myself going against the current, and that not being the norm in that particular stream, it can demotivate and demoralize you. I am favoured in that I find myself surrounded by great people; great believers, if you may. Many mean well and a few do well. Many question my sanity and most talk to themselves about my sanity. It remains to be seen who the sane one is.

Art has made me grow in love with misfits and the discarded of society for when you sound the call to a gathering like the one we just had yesterday, these are the ones who answer and pitch without fail. When they get there, they prefer buying or lifting something so that they can be part of the procession.

Then you have the goody-two-shoes ones who’ll invite others and not themselves, text, call wish you all the best but never really be part of the words they send your way. These very same ones are the ones who riddle social networks with character-shaping words; they demand loyalty out something they haven’t invested in; they point to the misfits as a company not to be kept; they love your body of work publicly but never buy it; they need to be seen being good to you; they never get past congratulating or critiquing you; and it’s unlikely that you’ll find them content with themselves.

I have also sadly learnt that the measuring of activity/performance is left up to spectators. And I still hold that the glory of spectators is the satisfaction of partakers.

NOTEWORTHY: Trust “likes” and retweets at your own peril when it comes to event coordination.

A business relationship and a friendship are two different ships that may be ferrying the same people. Sail eyes wide open with your intention hammering against the currents of waves of fear, loyalty and familiarity. I am still trying to understand what I just said there…

  

So, I wake up today because that is the essential part to achieving any dream.  

Love,

MMM