Ben Folds of the Ben Folds Five recently published, A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life Of Music And Cheap Lessons.
The following excerpt caught my eye:
As satisfying and safe as it can feel to have mastered a craft, it also can be a sign that it's time to learn a new trick.
It's the known that the artist should fear, not the unknown.
All that terrain that's been well illuminated should scare you artistically.
Because the known is where boredom takes root. Staying in the well-lit areas is what gets you stuck.
I felt a strong urge to lurch into the dark and leave pop music behind, but of course we all resist change, we all want to keep our job.
It is the known that the artist should fear, not the unknown.
Amen to that.
Now — to have the courage to do so.
