Manifesto Item 3

This is week 3 of sharing the items I found in my Cari Jehlik Artist manifesto.

I think this one is the hardest for me to remember at all times. I am terrible about pressuring myself to do more all the time.
Have you ever seen the movie Dead Poet's Society?

​Several key things from have lodged into me permanently.
1. An adoration for Robert Sean Leonard. He's the real reason I ever watched House.
2. An overwhelming desire to be just like Charlie Dalton. And
3. The poem that he reads in the cave while showing off his saxophone skills:
Laughing crying tumbling mumbling
Gotta do more gotta be more
Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming
Gotta do more gotta be more

I think it's probably common among humans to feel like we need to constantly do or be more. Just one more thing. Just one more hour. If I achieve this thing or that, THEN I'll be worthy of that thing I'm chasing.

And so, this particular manifesto item feels apropos to counter the constant forward motion pushing of trying to achieve.

​Do you feel you resonate with Charlie's poem? Or does that idea feel pretty foreign to you?