Evan Williams

Evan Williams Instagram – darlin don’t be scared of me / life is as sweet as salt / it’s a sweet assault / and nothin’ worthy is ever cheap / it’s not your fault / it’s not your fault / well it came all at once / and look I know you can shrug it off / but you can stow away on my ship any day / it’s stormy seas / but darlin you can count on me // ☀️ .
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This was in 2012, I had hardly ever performed my music live. I was so nervous, my fingerpicking was all over the place, I can hear how tight my voice was, fighting to tell the story of this song over the low hum of panic buzzing through my legs and into my stomach. I see now, though, with the sweet relief of nearly a decade of distance, that this whole exercise took place in a bubble in time, and no matter how much or how invisibly I struggled, there is immeasurable value in the context alone. This was 2012, this was my emergent state in all of its flaws. At the time, I would’ve been surprised to know that years later I’d be inspired to see this. Not because I’m happy with my work but because I was scared, and I wasn’t ready, and for some illogical reason I did it anyway.
Thats my takeaway.
Hey artists: Do It Anyway. | Posted on 06/May/2020 06:41:50