it’s been 6 weeks since I last performed
why?
too comfortable on stage
convos w emma (”walking away from discomfort is a privilege”) and moon (”art is meant to comfort the discomforted, and discomfort the comfortable”)
when comfortable - 3 paths
find ways to be “productively uncomfortable” - risk some of your comfort to grow, in ways you genuinely feel will help yourself/others/further the causes you care about
complacency
or insist you aren’t actually comfortable and keep digging up issues, dumping energy into things that feel good but don’t drive change
and that leads me to petty slam
you already know what I’m gonna say
but come on over to das gift
if you want to hear it anyway
~5m30
content warnings: mentions of gender identity and misgendering, sexuality, kinks, trauma, triggers, reclaimed slurs for people of hispanic origin, women who sleep with women, and jews