As I finish up my new album, Complex State Of Attachment, I’m appreciating the complex relationships between all of the key elements, and how they inter-relate. For you, what is the most important part of a great album? Here are a few possibilities.
If you like what I’m up to and want to help support the new record, Complex State Of Attachment, we want to hear from you!
We’re putting together a Street Team of dedicated fans who want to be a part of this project. This is not just any old fan group - this is an exclusive group for fans who are really into the music, and want to help us promote it!
Members of the Street Team will have access to an exclusive section of the website (by password only), merchandise, and free tickets to the shows on the tour!
If you’d like to join in, e-mail one of the Street Team leaders!
Dani@mark-hildreth.com or
Gabrielle@mark-hildreth.com
So it’s my birthday, see?
And I was thinking about how these things always seem to be made out to be more than they are…people keep asking me, do you feel different?? hahaha, and I do! I feel so hopeful, excited and optimistic about the future!! I never felt comfortable in my own skin as a kid, I really didn’t see myself very well, I had a very poor self-image, and my self-esteem was never very high! It’s funny, I was realizing today that, as I get older, if I’m really honest with myself, I think I kind of stopped growing emotionally when I was about 11!
So, now that I am marking a birthday, which is supposed to signify that you are a year OLDER, I feel like I am only just admiting to myself how young and immature I really am - how much I DON’T know!
Well, I guess that is kind of a sign of maturity, isn’t it?
Funny, that….
Mark.
Check me out on my new page at ILike!
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Mark++Hildreth
Peace!
Mark.
Every year TONS of us make commitments to ourselves to change the way we live, by marking the turning of a new year with a “resolution.” This implies that we see and are aware, in some way, that there is an area of our lives that we are not entirely happy with, and that we have the potential and capability to change it, to grow. It implies that we have a sense, although we may not choose to admit it to ourselves during the REST of the year, that there are areas of our lives that we are not completely, 100% satisfied with, and we resolve to improve these areas.
It seems to me that this awareness is incredibly powerful, and holds a lot of potential for the growth of our race. The fact that we have a virtual space in our minds where we can conceive of how we would like our lives to be - that we can conceptualize a better us and a better world - is incredibly profound, and is, I think, what sets us apart from all other species on our planet.
I’ve been thinking: what keeps us from making these resolutions with ourselves in every part of our lives, during EVERY part of the year? Why do we wait until New Year’s to admit to ourselves that there is something we would like to be different in our lives in a substantial way, and only then commit to upholding ourselves? Is it fear? Or just a lack of mindfulness? Are we really even committed to making this change? Or is it just another way of satiating our desire to SEEM to be the kind of person who really upholds a sense of ideology and ethics, when we are really not committed to making change in our lives at all.
I have made lots of resolutions that I have not upheld. I’ve been afraid of what it would mean about me if I didn’t uphold it, and so have quit. And I have also been afraid of what it would mean if I DID uphold it, and quit also!
But here’s what I’m thinking: You either do it, or you don’t. It doesn’t MEAN anything about you as a person whether you uphold yourself or not in these “resolutions.” All that matters is, you either do it, or you don’t.
What if it’s as simple as that?
