Comments on: Art, Money, Courage. Let’s Get Some. Meet Bryce Widom.

By: kellydiels

kellydiels — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:23 +0000

thanks, Marco. It was a moving conversation. I left it lit up…and then I mulled on it for a week.

I’m gratified to hear from you that you’re encouraged – more than you can know.

Today I was battling indecision – stay or go – art or job – and getting these words, from you and from Bryce, keeps the anxiety beast at bay. A little. Thank you.

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:04:14 +0000

I really appreciated how you transformed a dialogue between you and Bryce into something that moved me to explore my own creative frontiers with both more abandon and pluck.

By: kellydiels

kellydiels — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:17:40 +0000

I so appreciate days like this, when they come along. Thank you for the conversation and the inspiration.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:30 +0000

Kelly, it was so fantastic speaking with you the other day. I could have danced – er, talked – all night!

I love how you’ve taken our conversation, and crafted something beyond a “personal story”, creating something quite universal. In the face of adversity, what do we choose? And, perhaps far more importantly (*wink*wink*, Wachowski Brothers), WHY do we choose what we do?

We’re writing our own myths, brimming with dragons (inner and outer), gods (and social media goddesses), catastrophes (and Great Recessions), and comrades (yes, we certainly are in it together), just to name a few. My role? Every step, a conscious choice. Challenging? Like hell. Yesterday, I thought I was going to collapse, mid-story. Today, hope surges through my veins.

I find courage in knowing that I’m not alone, that my choices impact others, that your choices impact me. I want to see us triumph, each and every last one of us. Liberated from our fears, unshackled from our doubts, emboldened by our commonality, illuminated by our uniqueness. It’s a bodhissatvic red-pill, aimed right at the heart of the 21st century.