2017-06-12
1 小时 0 分钟Because this word success, it's a false oasis.
There will never be enough critical acclaim.
There will never be enough public recognition.
There will never be enough financial success attached to your art to validate it, to make you feel like, oh, that's enough, I've made it.
And so when artists start seeking out other people's approval, critics approval, you know what this piece of art is worth.
When they define their value as an artist based on those external sources, I think it devalues what the artist is really creating.
And if you're creating from place of soul, those things will align for you, but won't mean as much.
They will just be the icing on the top of the cake, as opposed to the source of what you're grinding for.
The back cover of Eric Wahl's new book, the Spark in the Grind, says that he is an artist, author, and entrepreneur.
He's internationally recognized as a thought provoking graffiti artist and one of the most sought after speakers on the corporate lecture circuit.
When I think of Eric, I think of him as a philosopher, I think of him as a performer.
I think of him as an artist, somebody who has this capacity to step onto a stage in arena sized venues and take a crowd of thousands or tens of thousands of people and drop them into an immersive sensory experience that leaves them coming out the other side in some way deeply changed and thinking about the way that they want to be on the planet.
So when I had a chance to sit down with Eric and go into his process, go into what took him to this place in his life, and the really profound and often painful hero's journey that got him there, I had to say yes.
And I'm really excited to share this conversation with you today.
I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is good life project.
Good to be hanging out with you.
Likewise.
Thanks for the opportunity.
I've been sort of following your work for a number of years now, and my interests in you are multi level.
So you're like, all right, the dude's stalking me.