Never Play To The Gallery

“If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you are capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. When you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”

— David Bowie

I came across this little video of David Bowie from the late nineties (how about that carrot top!) and his humble advice to aspiring artists.

It’s all too easy to succumb to the pressures of our peers and associates, to deliver work that satisfies the standards of the day. 

Yet every time we do so we poison our inner voice, the one that yearns to reach for the stars. 

Xo