Last night just before I drifted off an old topic of interest drifted into my mind scurrying away the images of my favorite dishes. (Yes, if you must know, I do think about food… a lot.) This morning I recalled that I did write about this in a previous post. Here is an excerpt:
… it got me contemplating the “BS factor”. We all have a quotient of it… or at least remnants of one that was slapped together when we were younger. (One can only hope that as life rolls on we shed more of it in an effort to become more authentic.) This (BS Factor) is something that can manifest itself in many forms. It was (is) usually pulled out in an attempt to boost our esteem in some social setting… often taking the form of some badly disguised boast to impress company. It could also manifest itself as some sort of weird romanticized self depreciation in order to illicit sympathy. Whatever it’s form, it was (is) pulled out to train focus of the spotlight momentarily onto ourselves.
The questions that I have been contemplating in that vein include:
- How much of our BS factor have we held on to from our teenage years?
- Do we shed our BS factor as we get older or do we create newer editions and collect more to store as time rolls on?
- Does continual spewing of our BS eventually make it true?
- How many of us believe our own BS.. and are actually convinced that it defines us?
- Does holding on to our BS impede our ability to live life to it’s fullest?
It struck me simply because I am once again diving into a creative life… which arguably has a higher quotient of BS artists than any known profession. LOL. OK, perhaps that is harsh to my fellow creative types… but this perception is stronger with people in the arts… at least in my experience. Though I will give that at least we are honest about our BS… and wear it on our sleeves. I’m sure the BS quotient runs high in any walk of life one happens to saunter in… it’s just seems more obvious in the arts.
After reading this, it struck me how these questions are really worth asking oneself every so often just as a self-check on what is real. So, I thought it was worth this repost.
Hope you are having a good Thursday.