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There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding, quite often, about being a personality/brand.
I've been asked a lot if 'The #OperaGeek' is a fake personality or character, since I've said that my public persona can be different from me privately.
No.
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There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding, quite often, about being a personality/brand.
I've been asked a lot if 'The #OperaGeek' is a fake personality or character, since I've said that my public persona can be different from me privately.
No.
1/7
When you are a public-facing artist/performer/creator, you ARE the product. You are what you sell. That is indisputable.
What is ALSO indisputable is you can't keep up a solid brand 24/7 as today's environment requires if that brand isn't also YOU.
People don't like fake.
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What is ALSO indisputable is you can't keep up a solid brand 24/7 as today's environment requires if that brand isn't also YOU.
People don't like fake.
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Where the misunderstanding comes in is thinking that the entirety of my (or anyone's) life is up for public consumption; that artists/creators aren't allowed to hold back any part of themselves.
That, my hedgehogs, is some grade-A bullshit.
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That, my hedgehogs, is some grade-A bullshit.
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I was reminded today by a conversation of one of the most (at the time) condescending things I'd had said to me (at that point).
When PJ & I were newly engaged (and yes, young), we attended a party with a lot of people of...shall we say....a higher social status?
(LOL, right)
When PJ & I were newly engaged (and yes, young), we attended a party with a lot of people of...shall we say....a higher social status?
(LOL, right)
While I was hiding in a corner (I had no one to talk to about serial killers. PJ is much better at small talk than I_), one of the women came up to me & asked if he was my boyfriend. I smiled & VERY proudly said, "No, he is my fiance!"
She made a show of looking at my left hand.
She made a show of looking at my left hand.
My ring, of course, was small in comparison to hers. But I treasure that ring. He had to choose between a PS2 or that ring. Come on.
With a condescending smile, she said, "Oh, how nice. I'm sure it will be a sweet starter marriage for you."
(What, like bread? LOL)
With a condescending smile, she said, "Oh, how nice. I'm sure it will be a sweet starter marriage for you."
(What, like bread? LOL)
Today's #OperaGeek "Serious Talk Timesā¢" is about something difficult: rejection.
Many people think of rejection in the sense of romantic attachments; that isn't what this is about.
This is about other kinds, & perceptions of 'following your dream' as a performer.
Buckle up.
Many people think of rejection in the sense of romantic attachments; that isn't what this is about.
This is about other kinds, & perceptions of 'following your dream' as a performer.
Buckle up.
This is about everyday rejections. The rejections that come when you try to do what you love. The rejections that are never voiced, but made known through silence.
The rejections that chip away at you, little by little, until your confidence is blown.
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The rejections that chip away at you, little by little, until your confidence is blown.
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I told @TheeDoctorB last week about my wall of rejections I'd kept for a while, at the end of/just after college.
It was literally a wall of the letters, printed emails, etc of the auditions, competitions, & programs that sent me a 'no thanks' - often without hearing me.
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It was literally a wall of the letters, printed emails, etc of the auditions, competitions, & programs that sent me a 'no thanks' - often without hearing me.
2/16
"There were times when the world did not need policemen, because what itĀ reallyĀ did need was for somebody who knew what they were doing to shut it all down and start it all up again so that THIS time it could be done properly."
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
#Discworld
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
#Discworld
"...but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?"
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
"I'm not a naturalĀ killer! See this? See what it says? I'm supposed to KEEP the peace, I am! If I kill people to do it, I'm reading the wrong manual!"
- Watch Commander Sam Vimes on policing
(Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
- Watch Commander Sam Vimes on policing
(Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
