8/25/05 Article by Bent Myggen. www.bentmyggen.com
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hide.
As I am standing back from my life I am seeing stress and worry back on the stage. Good reasons prevail, as I have taken on more responsibilities. Health insurance, car insurance, liability insurance for my business, business rent, share of living expenses, expenditures for my son, telephones, gasoline… As my overhead is creeping up, every thought and action is dictated by the need to produce more income.

So the artist takes a back seat again and watches the landscape passing by.

I will die here
A voice speaks.
This child on the backseat is growing old and will never learn to drive.

Two men live together.
The artist within and the practical gentleman.
Artists are lousy at responsibilities.
Practical Gentlemen live and die in the shadow of others.

Which to choose?

The Gentleman wins by reasoning that the odds of success is now lower than ever for the artist.
The two go down the road, one making deals and placing calls, the other finding alleyways to have a smoke and a moment for himself.

The nature of art is wild and untamed.
Inside the frame we paint,
using six strings we play,
knowing the properties of marble we carve,
but the practical gentleman can only produce work built on calculations.
He has needs, but no inspiration, no chaos from which to draw the unexpected.

The practical gentleman does not love, he just abide the rules.
The artist loves that which has no rules.
In one person they live.

Who said Damn the torpedoes.?