Response to Johnny Bunko and Art and Fear Ch 1-4

I really enjoyed reading Johnny Bunko. I thought was a great book with simple lessons that most people overlook when starting there career. One these lessons was focusing on your strengths. This was a point that resonated with me because most of us are always focusing on improving what we're bad at and not enough on focusing on what we're good at. I also like the point the book made that there is no plan. I felt uncomfortable about this plan because I am the kind of person who likes to have everything planned out well. If you plan everything out too well however, you might miss out on something else. So it is good to have a plan, but not so focused that you can't explore other opportunities as they come along. 

I thought that Art and Fear had some good points to bring up. As with Johnny Bunko, these points are often overlooked. One point that stuck with me was a fear that you are not good enough to be a musician and that what you a doing is not "real" art. Artists with this mindset sometimes give up because they feel under qualified. What we can do to overcome this is to view everything that we do artistically is the best possible thing we can do and that given moment. This way you will not feel unfit for the gig or project.