Personal tragedy is something that we all can empathize with. It is inevitable- death, hurt, disappointment...When it rain it truy does pour, and how we deal with it is most important. Many people feel as though blocking it out mentally and proceeding is the way. I myself have subscribed to this paradigm, and at other times I really needed to sit down and confront my feelings and the reality of what has happened. I am not one to judge anyone else, so I truly feel to each his or her own, but I do know that you cannot go through life avoiding the so called elephant in the room.
Much pub had been giving to Kanye West's tragic and untimely loss of his mother. He has given us insight into the hurt, through his lyrics, interviews, and has shown us the courage to live on and use the occurance as a motivation, through the Kanye West foundation.
On Monday on the Jay Leno show, West admitted that he has not taken the time to fully absorb what he has been through, and with that giving himself the chance to sort out some things- namely his life and purpose. He aluded to that neglect as one of the reasons that he makes hasty decisions, i.e. the VMAs, and his need for and paticipation in controversy altogether. This is an excerpt from the interview:
“You know, obviously, you know, I deal with hurt. And, you know, so many celebrities, they never take the time off. I’ve never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour,” he said. “I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, ’cause — and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That’s period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve. Because I am a celebrity, and that’s something I have to deal with. And if there’s anything I could do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I’d like — you know, I want to live this thing. It’s hard sometimes…”
Yes he has entertained us with his personality and his music, but at this point the HUMAN Kanye West is what is most important. My best goes out to Kanye and supprt of his decision to
take some time for self inventory- we all need it.
Much pub had been giving to Kanye West's tragic and untimely loss of his mother. He has given us insight into the hurt, through his lyrics, interviews, and has shown us the courage to live on and use the occurance as a motivation, through the Kanye West foundation.
On Monday on the Jay Leno show, West admitted that he has not taken the time to fully absorb what he has been through, and with that giving himself the chance to sort out some things- namely his life and purpose. He aluded to that neglect as one of the reasons that he makes hasty decisions, i.e. the VMAs, and his need for and paticipation in controversy altogether. This is an excerpt from the interview:
“You know, obviously, you know, I deal with hurt. And, you know, so many celebrities, they never take the time off. I’ve never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour,” he said. “I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, ’cause — and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That’s period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve. Because I am a celebrity, and that’s something I have to deal with. And if there’s anything I could do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I’d like — you know, I want to live this thing. It’s hard sometimes…”
Yes he has entertained us with his personality and his music, but at this point the HUMAN Kanye West is what is most important. My best goes out to Kanye and supprt of his decision to
take some time for self inventory- we all need it.
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