“Acknowledging the Lizard” is about recognizing that voice in your head that tells you to follow the status quo and the social norm for fear of being laughed at. This is the part of you that wants you to just follow instructions. “Make Art” is about making a difference or making something new that can change everything.You don't follow instructions, you just use your creativity to create something that can connect with someone else. It isn't necessarily a song, poem, or painting but anything really that hasn't been created before. Lastly, “Fail” isn't telling you not to fail, but to embrace failing. Failing at something just makes you learn more from it. Instead of worrying about the risk just go for it and if you fail just accept it, learn and move on.
The article “Brainwashed: Seven Ways to Reinvent Yourself” by Seth Godin I got to say is a brilliant one. It makes you as a reader think in ways you don't normally think or for some people necessarily want to think. It displays ideas that not only try to “un-brainwash” you also help you too. Never have I realized how brainwashed we all are and have been for all our lives. I for one must say that this article has greatly changed the way I now am going to approach my life and I too will try and reinvent myself.
The first layer I will talk about is the one entitled “Make Art”. Godin compares art to a gift which I fully agree it is. As I have believed for years, I don't think art is necessarily a beautiful poem or an incredible painting, or a catchy and meaningful song. It can be those things but isn't limited to them. As Godin says, art is anything that makes a difference. You don't follow rules to make art. There isn't any handbook that holds the only possible known ways to make art. While creating these Blogs we have to be aware to try and make it art. Use our own words to try and make a difference to others.
Next is the layer called “Fail”. Personally this one was the most eye opening. Everyone in life has always told me never to accept failure. Now Godin is telling me to fail and fail often and in public. Which I happen to believe is awesome. You have to be able to accept and endure failing because everything you do is not going to be a success. If you can accept failing and learn from it often then you will succeed sooner or later. In our blogs we can't be afraid to fail because when we fail, we can learn from our mistakes.
And my personal favorite layer is “Acknowledge the Lizard”. The “lizard” is the voice in your head that tells you to be a follower and not do anything that could cause embarrassment, failure, or people to laugh at you. You have to recognize when the “lizard” is talking to you. You have to be fearless to create the best art. So once you recognize the “lizard” you have to ignore it. So when we make our blogs we have to do whatever we are supposed to without the thought of people laughing at the work you do.
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