Dan Savage

It was all real and it's all part of the journey I've been on to be freer. But at the moment, I'm not interested in dragging people back into that energy. I think it's a place I can get stuck. And I think it's too easy for me at this point. It's almost like trauma bonding. It's like trauma bonding or something. I don't know. I can't figure it out.

It was all real and it's all part of the journey I've been on to be freer. But at the moment, I'm not interested in dragging people back into that energy. I think it's a place I can get stuck. And I think it's too easy for me at this point. It's almost like trauma bonding. It's like trauma bonding or something. I don't know. I can't figure it out.

It's just not the truest, most beautiful version of what I think we all need next is what I can say. But I also sometimes think it's not We write and we create for the same reason people who are stressed out, they tell you to breathe deeply. It's like when you focus on your breathing, you can't focus on your spinning mind because you can't focus on both things at the same time, okay?

It's just not the truest, most beautiful version of what I think we all need next is what I can say. But I also sometimes think it's not We write and we create for the same reason people who are stressed out, they tell you to breathe deeply. It's like when you focus on your breathing, you can't focus on your spinning mind because you can't focus on both things at the same time, okay?

It's not just that breathing deeply gives you more oxygen, which makes your brain work better. It's not just that. People say stop and focus on your breathing because you literally cannot do both at the same time. You can't spin out and concentrate on your spinning thoughts. and concentrate on your breath.

It's not just that breathing deeply gives you more oxygen, which makes your brain work better. It's not just that. People say stop and focus on your breathing because you literally cannot do both at the same time. You can't spin out and concentrate on your spinning thoughts. and concentrate on your breath.

So one of the reasons why anxious people create, go to the page, go to the paintbrush, go to the... is because you cannot be anxious and creative simultaneously. It's a coping mechanism. It's a coping mechanism. It's not just that we're like, oh, if we're anxious... They're directly...

So one of the reasons why anxious people create, go to the page, go to the paintbrush, go to the... is because you cannot be anxious and creative simultaneously. It's a coping mechanism. It's a coping mechanism. It's not just that we're like, oh, if we're anxious... They're directly...

antithesis of each other so it's almost like the anxiety is a causal connection with the art as opposed to the art of the anxiety exactly yeah so maybe we create for the same reason we go for a walk or we in some ways it's very lucky to have that thing because lots of people have these anxious feelings and depressive feelings and don't have an outlet like that I mean we have a kid who

antithesis of each other so it's almost like the anxiety is a causal connection with the art as opposed to the art of the anxiety exactly yeah so maybe we create for the same reason we go for a walk or we in some ways it's very lucky to have that thing because lots of people have these anxious feelings and depressive feelings and don't have an outlet like that I mean we have a kid who

We really didn't know which way it was going to go in terms of their sensitivity and their spinning out and their existential, you know, and they found art and a lot changed. Their beingness changed because they had an outlet. They had a go-to thing. So there's that. I mean, I do wonder if I write again when I write again, which I will. I don't know. I just want it to be from a different energy.

We really didn't know which way it was going to go in terms of their sensitivity and their spinning out and their existential, you know, and they found art and a lot changed. Their beingness changed because they had an outlet. They had a go-to thing. So there's that. I mean, I do wonder if I write again when I write again, which I will. I don't know. I just want it to be from a different energy.

I do want to be as honest as humanly possible as always, but I don't want it to all be from suffering.

I do want to be as honest as humanly possible as always, but I don't want it to all be from suffering.

Why can't it come from that? That's what I want because I care about what I'm putting out in the world. But also because when you're a person who is writing about suffering, then that's all you're thinking about and that's all you're looking for. And so, of course, that's what magnifies.

Why can't it come from that? That's what I want because I care about what I'm putting out in the world. But also because when you're a person who is writing about suffering, then that's all you're thinking about and that's all you're looking for. And so, of course, that's what magnifies.

I always think, what if I just wanted to if I had a project where I was like, I am going to look for and write from joy from that well. I wonder if my entire life would change because that's what I would be looking for. That's what you seek, you find. You know, if I'm a photographer and my book is about suffering, then that's what I'm living in.

I always think, what if I just wanted to if I had a project where I was like, I am going to look for and write from joy from that well. I wonder if my entire life would change because that's what I would be looking for. That's what you seek, you find. You know, if I'm a photographer and my book is about suffering, then that's what I'm living in.

If I'm a photographer and my book is about hummingbirds and flowers. Anyway, do you know what I'm saying? It's just like... It would be an interesting experiment to try next. Okay.

If I'm a photographer and my book is about hummingbirds and flowers. Anyway, do you know what I'm saying? It's just like... It would be an interesting experiment to try next. Okay.