I had an artist friend of mine get some really great news recently. (There’s probably no such thing as a big break anymore, but this was big news.)
After celebrating it and talking about it for a while we figured out that the truth of the big news had been true for several months prior to getting the call. It just took a while for it to trickle down. Took a while to tie up loose ends. To get it all lined up and ironed out.
It was always happening. For months it was true before he knew it was happening.
So all the while during the highs and lows of those previous months, this moment was coming.
For every artist out there doing good work, there’s a list of things you know are going on in your career…likely outcomes, hopes, plans, goals. But then there’s another list…a list of things that are orbiting you and getting closer…but you have no idea. You can’t rely on this list but sometimes it helps to know it’s there.
