A New Direction: Mental State

This post is on a more personal level than most, it's not exactly about the arts, but If life counts as an art, then I'm still on track. I'd like to take some time to adress the topic of mental and emotional state.

I often find that I'm either on top of the world, that life couldn't do much better to satisfy me and that everything's going great, or I feel under par, like I'm not where I should be, and that I'm being held down by the world. Nothing to fear though, I'm not bipolar, I'm actually very consistent, but like I said, I have my stretches of greatness and of shame.

I usually find myself sinking after I've been at the top of my game for a while, and my life is just starting to feel like a permanent 'high.' What's so great about these stretches is that I get past the point where it's all about me. I love it when I can get past myself and finally live in awareness of what's around me, unfortunately, this can't be every day. Eventually, something always seems to creep up on me and throw me back down to earth, (and not in the way that's cool).

It's really the worst feeling in the world to be amazing at something one day, and by the time the next day rolls around, you've lost what made you so good. It's like you've suddenly forgotten everything that you've been working so long and hard to achieve. However sometimes forgetting isn't really even the problem; sometimes all it takes is a realization that brings back the humility. Don't get me wrong here either, being humble is the way to go, but there are certain things that I'd like to be able to get past and not have knocking in my face all day long.


When I am at my best, it's because I've made a conscious decision to just let go and allow my true self to come out. Forgetting all of my insecurities, my strategies, mistakes, and truly living in the moment is what works best for me. That's why acting is such an amazing thing (along with other performing arts); it demands for a person to give their entire self in order to focus and to be in the moment %100. 


This has been a special post because It marks a new direction for "Insight From the Artist," and now this blog has been officially broadened to focus on anything related to the art of life.

- The Artist