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Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction. Sure, you've got ups and downs

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and in between, twists and tumbles and oh my god,

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what's next, But you know what, it's all part of

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the game. Treat it like the game that it is

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unplugged because we will always say yes to creativity, totally

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uncut because we all make mistakes. So turn it into

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a tool. This is Arrow unplugged. One of the things

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that you don't really get to see or hear is

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me going through the book to pick out the pages

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that we will talk about today. The mind is seeking

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that open space. The heart is preparing for not a race,

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but a place, a place where we can all grow together.

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You know, there was once a time when all I

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wrote about was gaining access to the removal of the mask.

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I saw myself in the mirror, but I didn't know

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the self that was wearing the same clothes. As time

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continues to grow beyond childhood dreams and wishes, the ambitions

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to continue building have an swayed mainly by way of writing.

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It seems like such a chore and or a dangerous

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game to others, because we are taught as children to

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keep our emotions next to our chest, even Bruce Lee

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was quoted to say, never let your enemy see your knowledge,

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which is an odd thing to live by, because if

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you're keeping everything to yourself, eventually your truer identity is

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overtaken by consumption and assumption. Knowing who you are doesn't

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mean bragging about the accomplishments. As Randy Bachman of Bachman

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Turner Overdrive once said to me, you only know me

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for my hits. What about my strikeouts? Hey Sarrow. This

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is the daily mess, a chronological walk through an everyday world.

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I am a daily writer. Pin to paper. Sure, you

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can do it on a computer. I talk to enough

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writers that do that. They've just got to put their

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ten little fingers on there and go shit, and they're

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okay with that. I use pin to paper because it

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just feels like my whole entire body is a part

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of the process. Try it sometime by a writing instrument,

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not a pin, a writing instrument that you can call

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your own, give it a name, and then enjoy the journey.

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This is the daily mess. Those moments when you want

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to tell yourself no no no no no no no no,

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but end up doing it anyway, but with an attitude

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not always the best feeling, is it. I don't suffer

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from restless bitch face, but when things aren't going my way,

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I am absolutely unafraid to use my voice. That's when

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you see assumed friends walking away. Most want my upbeat energy.

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They want that guy, not the person who deals with reality.

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I mean, it's tough enough for them to deal with

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their own fits only to see the guy that brings

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them that upbeat feeling. He isn't doing too well. He's

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not that Marvel character. Oh no, he has days of

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doubt as well. What are we gonna do? How dare

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we get caught up in such a circle, such a mess?

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You know, between the two of us here, let's be

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really super honest. Okay, most motivational walkers aren't who they

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think they are. They hold the tools to stay upbeat

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and positive, but we never get to see what's going

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on inside that mirror, the things that make them weak

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to keep reaching out for new ideas and new ways

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to build up not only themselves but others. When all

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are gone, it's only their image in that mirror. That's

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where the identity of reality is unveiled, which means what

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to the selfie picture now being put on display? On

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the world Wide Web. Who you are in that mirror

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versus who and what you are in the realm of reality.

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There's a reason why I'm upbeat when I'm at the

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essential job or when I'm out and about on the

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streets of the everyday world. I'm upbeat because I want

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to feel upbeat, hoping that others will connect to the

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upbeat mode. But I am just as human as anybody else,

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and there are times where I go through seasonal changes,

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and I do hold on to tools that can get

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me through the cloudy moments. But there's also times where

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the mud that I'm tracking through trips me. Where are

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those to pick us up after we've picked them up?

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Oh that's right, they're the ones that turned and walked

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away because you were having a bad day. But this

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isn't about me. This is about how can we get

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you to go the other direction instead of settling for ugh, no, no, no,

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rather than yeah, what you're looking for? There is something

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to be said about outreach. You may feel like crud,

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but if you reach out and help somebody else who

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is also feeling like crud, it doesn't have to be

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a day of doubt, shame, guilt, eh but it can

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be a day of growth, not only for them but

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for you, because you start to realize how much of

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a giver you really are, and how much of your

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energy doesn't have to be swiped or stolen, but rather

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it helps inspire to help them understand they have a

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daily choice. I can be or I can be. How's

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your day? You're doing good? Seriously? Are you doing good?

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All right? How can we make a better connection to

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those around us? Learning how to not only face that

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image in the mirror, because there's a lot of negative

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energy in there. Look at the way you dress, the

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way you comb your hair. How hard did you press

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down on your teeth when you were brushing them? Ooh,

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there's some angst. There's some angst. Did you floss? Did

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you pick up your dirty socks and put them in

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the hamper? Okay, I get it, I get it. I

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don't want you to go out into the world to

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be a fake. I want you to internally feel that energy,

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bring it from the inside of your core and allow

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it to grow on the outside, not so that others

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will come up to you like a magnet, but rather

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believe in the spirit that you bring. I'm Errol and

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that's the daily mess.