revisiting my blog archives

[@rinaldo-rex]

I've always been thankful for my past writings. It's one of the best things I've done for myself. (It even saved me from the brink of a severe depression spiral) Its incredible how useful our past writings can be. But like you said - It's sometimes daunting to go through them because there can be so much. 🤔 There should be a way to reflect on our past self that is endearingly attractive before we actually go through them. (Not feel great after we went through those - Which was typically the case for me. 😅)

[@m.davidallen1203]

In heroes journey.jpg right after the call to adventure you get supernatural aid. How does support from the lineage of your ideas/embrace from past work sound? Solid!

[@tanmaijindal2595]

Hey Man! I’m halfway through introspect and I can say it is one of the best things i’ve read on self awareness. I didn’t know where to reach out to you, but I feel that the book is too heavy for a one time read, and I often find myself straying away from it. I feel you can do wonders with snippets of this information goldmine, through shorts or even social media (ig) content. Just sharing my thoughts here.

[@visakanv]

love to hear it!! also I share snippets on the @introspectVV twitter account, x.com/introspectVV

[@coscorrodrift]

This was a great video. Even at my smaller scale of "publishing" i think of something similar, of incorporating what i've said into what i'm going to say next. I also find it daunting, well first bc there's a lot of hours too even if way less than yours, but also because there is some sense in which i'd like for it to be some "synthesis". But the "deliberate" point is something that really stood out to me. I don't think I had thought of it in that way that much, it felt more like "a thing i should do" rather than i thing i was actually curious about doing, and I think that way of seeing it and the "carry the past WITH me" in that emphatic way, remember the reasons why I did things. Something about the way my memory works makes thing i'm forgetful compared to my friends, they remember anecdotes way better and many times i'm not sure if i remember them myself or if i'm reimagining their retellings, and i think it extends a little bit to "motivation" or "drive", sometimes i think i'm reimagining what drove me etc instead of actually looking back to the clues i left then When you talked about "an artist writing the next album" it reminded me of Taylor and the Eras Tour, it's essentially that, a deliberate expression of all her past selves/eras, a celebration. My impression is not that she's concocted this Eras Tour to bring attention to her new versions suddenly, but more that she's gotten way more aware and deliberate of this process (i'd point to the reputation album, but she's always been like that, Mean from Speak Now and Blank Space from 1989 come to mind), her fandom has celebrated that and that it was a right moment to pull the trigger and acknowledge it in this huge way An anecdote related to that deliberateness/acknowledgement, not sure how familiar you are with these fandoms, maybe Paramore fans also use this nomenclature, but ppl in certain fandoms will number albums with artists' initials then the number, especially before release (reputation for example was TS6) and Taylor in the promo cycle had these easter eggs writing "TS6" in the background of videos, etc, and it's the first artist i recall doing that. I saw some other pop artists acknowledging that kind of nomenclature as well after that in IG captions, etc,

[@moiqbal5667]

I always cringe at my past works… its so bad 😂 but at the same time, it means that i’ve probably (marginally) improved enough at the craft And i do agree that I can see the emerging voice or essence from my older works that i wouldnt have seen then. That’s an edge to count on, yeah? P.s. digging the salt and pepper look - could pull off a Doctor Strange look here