Wendy K. Laidlaw

It's coming both ways.

But it's calling to the genius that's already there.

That's the setup.

So the lineup that I see is genius, the spirit that's there already when we enter the world.

Then the calling to awaken that spirit.

Then the awakening aligns a person with their life purpose.

And that's the thing.

And it doesn't mean the troubles are over.

It doesn't even mean the suffering is over.

It means we're now suffering in the right direction.

Well, as an idea, I'd mentioned the Celtic or the Gaelic term, the Shanaki.

The ancient people did not separate story from poetry and song from instrumental music at all.

It was all part of...

something coming from the muses.

It was all the realm of the muses, from which we get music, but we also get museum, and we also get amusing.

And so even, you know, not just the gift of gab, but the twist of humor, all is coming in a package that's different for each person.

And so I didn't think I could play music until I...

stumbled into the drumming and then i was when i was young i loved to sing and and when i and i was in a singing group you know like a subway corner singing group uh but something somehow got shut down and i think it was well i know it was partly my mother who would say the last thing you want to do is be an artist because then you'll struggle your whole life yeah

And that's all you need if you hear that enough.

Yeah.