Ruined Pleasures
knew a cinematographer &
the images s/he was used to
during the time spent on the set
made it hard for her/him
to take in a film for fun &
the irony of it all
was that the love of movies as a
kid,
brought them to the devotion of
said life
to the manufacture of them.
knew a musician who spent all
waking hours, making music &
recording, but as the years went
on,
they spent less & less time
enjoying the melodies, riffs,
rhymes, beats & tunes,
which gave them the passion as a
youth,
to fight the battle of the music
industry (or such that it is).
a pattern arises
when the love of your life
is dragged into the sphere of
wage slavery,
when the labor of your love
is reduced to only
labor,
for then you associate
every step along the way
of doing what you loved
with the outcome of a paycheck
(and that is all),
so when you come in contact
with the work of other’s,
you can no longer see with anything
but a
critical eye.
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