NRP DIY Commentary
I‘ve been getting inspired lately by indie DIY culture. Make your own system. No sell out, all that stuff.
It’s so easy to forget how sold out we all are. I don’t say it to be an asshole or self-righteous dude, but the flow of plastic American success society is so strong that it’s easy to get swept up. One day you’re stoked because you did a good reading and made some good art, but then that sucks because everybody is selling film rights but you. The competition thing gets so tired. There really is beauty in making your own culture, doing your own thing, living your own life - free of the slave brain.
I sorta feel like an early 80’s indie rock band that toured some towns, spread the seed. I may not have commercial success, but I look out at the landscape and feel like I’ve influenced some people that I respect. I can see it in the readings, in the words, attitude. For me, it’s a matter of endurance.
