You just do it a million times and then you get a feeling for how it feels when it’s right. That’s not talent either. That’s practice. Talent is hugely predicated on practice.

This interview with Aimee mann is a lengthy read with some dynamite ideas in it. I’ve pulled a couple of quotes that I found especially relevant to where I am right now. These are ideas I’ve come across organically so it’s gratifying to hear that I’m on the right track. Gratifying might not be the best word, but I do like reading that someone has come to some of the same conclusions that I have. Wanting a “life that works” is a great turn of phrase. Doing things in your life that lead to that is hard these days. Maybe it used to be hard because I didn’t know how it should work. Time is really he only thing that can teach you. I’ve got some idea of what that might be now. It’s exciting.

So that’s what aging probably means. You’ve got to be around long enough to try all the dumb stuff and then get sick of it and then kind of reach the conclusion of, look, I don’t care if this is cool or sounds cool, I want a life that works now, because I want to be creative, and it’s not being creative to be obsessed, anxious, depressed, trying to control other people, trying to control circumstances, and flipping out when stuff doesn’t go your way.

[via Tom Pappalardo]