Incredible conversation, it gave me so many thoughts. One thing it made me think of is a line from I remember not where, that said ‘what makes a princess is not how she acts but how she is treated’. Now of course what makes a wizard is also how she acts, but I love this idea that people have to be open to accepting this bit of deep weirdness, a serious playfulness of sorts, for this role to work. Fascinating.
Thanks! Yes indeed, it's not so different from naming yourself 'artist'. I had a huge fear of 'artist' as a self-descriptor; for ages I didn't use it. When I did first start using it, it felt big and strange, but after a while I got used to it, and now I deploy it regularly without a second thought. Fake it til ya make it, and even then, it's not entirely real!...
I also really resonated with what you said about art being its own sort of magic. And, like, it is. Just like making an object out of wood is a sort of magic, or cooking a pot of soup, or steeping herbs into tea.
This was a really fantastic conversation Rosie, and a real joy to spend some time yarning about these deep things with you ... Definitely must do it again soon! (even WITHOUT recording it! Imagine!)
Incredible conversation, it gave me so many thoughts. One thing it made me think of is a line from I remember not where, that said ‘what makes a princess is not how she acts but how she is treated’. Now of course what makes a wizard is also how she acts, but I love this idea that people have to be open to accepting this bit of deep weirdness, a serious playfulness of sorts, for this role to work. Fascinating.
Thanks! Yes indeed, it's not so different from naming yourself 'artist'. I had a huge fear of 'artist' as a self-descriptor; for ages I didn't use it. When I did first start using it, it felt big and strange, but after a while I got used to it, and now I deploy it regularly without a second thought. Fake it til ya make it, and even then, it's not entirely real!...
I also really resonated with what you said about art being its own sort of magic. And, like, it is. Just like making an object out of wood is a sort of magic, or cooking a pot of soup, or steeping herbs into tea.
See, probably you're a Wizard, thinking like that!
Oh my!! The Wizard of Outremont? Something to be pondered.
This was a really fantastic conversation Rosie, and a real joy to spend some time yarning about these deep things with you ... Definitely must do it again soon! (even WITHOUT recording it! Imagine!)
Likewise e hoa. Keen! So many potential tangents!