Comments on: Hollywood XX… http://kelleyeskridge.com/hollywood-xx/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kelley http://kelleyeskridge.com/hollywood-xx/comment-page-1/#comment-20061 Kelley Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:08:37 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=3505#comment-20061 The thing is, <strong>Barbara</strong>, I think ego is everywhere -- in the arts, in Hollywood, in companies large and small, on the farm, and in the small towns that we've made so iconic in this country. There are non-grownups everywhere. Maybe some places or professions become a hub for Walking Egos... All artists have a special place inside where their two-year-old is alive and kicking. I know from personal experience how closely related my art brain and my crocodile brain are, and how easy it is to just slide from one into the other sometimes. I've never met an artist who isn't capable of becoming a nasty piece of work, given the right circumstances. I am mostly not like that because I try really, really hard not to be an asshole in general; and because Nicola has got my number in this way and will call me on it every time. And I will let her -- which is maybe part of the equation that's missing in some relationships. You passed circular along the way to spiral, I think (grin). <strong>Realmcovet</strong>, glad you like it. This was one of those posts that I started writing without knowing exactly where I would end up... The thing is, Barbara, I think ego is everywhere — in the arts, in Hollywood, in companies large and small, on the farm, and in the small towns that we’ve made so iconic in this country. There are non-grownups everywhere. Maybe some places or professions become a hub for Walking Egos…

All artists have a special place inside where their two-year-old is alive and kicking. I know from personal experience how closely related my art brain and my crocodile brain are, and how easy it is to just slide from one into the other sometimes. I’ve never met an artist who isn’t capable of becoming a nasty piece of work, given the right circumstances. I am mostly not like that because I try really, really hard not to be an asshole in general; and because Nicola has got my number in this way and will call me on it every time. And I will let her — which is maybe part of the equation that’s missing in some relationships.

You passed circular along the way to spiral, I think (grin).

Realmcovet, glad you like it. This was one of those posts that I started writing without knowing exactly where I would end up…

]]> By: Realmcovet http://kelleyeskridge.com/hollywood-xx/comment-page-1/#comment-20058 Realmcovet Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:16:40 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=3505#comment-20058 Absolutely LOVE this..... Absolutely LOVE this…..

]]> By: barbara sanchez http://kelleyeskridge.com/hollywood-xx/comment-page-1/#comment-19954 barbara sanchez Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:08:23 +0000 http://kelleyeskridge.com/?p=3505#comment-19954 I still think women are more grown up than men, but there are always exceptions. Hollywood is all about ego, as this young woman has discovered to her dismay. I've read lots of artists' biographies, and many of them are shits in their relationships. It was a suprise, but I guess it shouldn't be, because they concentrate so much on their art. You are not like that, but there again, you are a woman. How's that for circular reasoning? I still think women are more grown up than men, but there are always exceptions. Hollywood is all about ego, as this young woman has discovered to her dismay. I’ve read lots of artists’ biographies, and many of them are shits in their relationships. It was a suprise, but I guess it shouldn’t be, because they concentrate so much on their art. You are not like that, but there again, you are a woman. How’s that for circular reasoning?

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