I’m so enjoying this memoir from Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run. I’m listening — I like to hear his voice.
This paragraph that describes putting the E Street Band together, was one that I went back to several times.
Makes a lot of sense for Circle and other good group process too! It helps me to understand the goodness in Becoming & Belonging.
“The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The laymen (as, often, do I) swings that every day. He goes to the job, does his work, pays his bills and comes home. One plus one equals two. It keeps the world spinning. But artists, musicians, con men, poets, mystics and such are paid to turn that math on its head, to rub two sticks together and bring forth fire. Everybody performs this alchemy somewhere in their life, but it’s hard to hold on to and easy to forget. People don’t come to rock shows to learn something. The come to be reminded of something they already know and feel deep down in their gut. That when the world is at it’s best, when we are at our best, when life feels fullest, one and one equals three. It’s the essential equation of love, art, rock ‘n’ roll and rock ‘n’ roll bands. It’s the reason the universe will never be fully comprehensible, love will continue to be ecstatic, confounding, and true rock ‘n’ roll will never die.”
