Martha Graham

So I haven't posted in a long time, and I forget that my blog is in this random state of "what is her layout" right now, and I forgot how much I still don't like it. I still haven't had time to really update the happenings in my life, but my buddy Aaron, an aspiring pop singer in LA/Utah posted this on his facebook, and I thought it was too great to let slip by without documenting it somewhere for myself. I hope you find some truth in it, as I have.

A Letter to Agnes DeMille : Martha Graham

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening

that is translated through you into action,

and because there is only one of you in all time,

this expression is unique.

If you block it,

it will never exist through any other medium

and be lost.

The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is;

nor how valuable it is;

nor how it compares with other expressions.

It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly,

to keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work.

You have to keep open and aware directly

of the urges that motivate you.

Keep the channel open.

No artist is pleased.

There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.

There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction;

a blessed unrest that keeps us marching

and makes us more alive than the others.