Failed inspirations
On the account of failing to inspire: Guilty.
Sometimes it’s easier to work towards inspiring those we’ll never see, than those right before us. Many reasons come to mind as to why this might be the case:
One only hears about the success stories. If someone sees, reads or hears your work and feels unmoved, they pass without notice – you don’t even know they exist.
Then, there is this expectation that through simple presence, inspiration will rub off on those around, like newspaper ink inevitably does on everything it touches.
And perhaps the link that holds the two former is the idea that to try to inspire someone at hand is some sort of pressure tactic – or worse – trying to change them; Not “listening”, but instead talking at them.
Just a thought.
