Lila Tace

September 5, 2024

'If I was going to put anything on record, then it ought to be me.' - John Coltrane

There's a lot to learn from John Coltrane. The Road To Mastery. Private art and public art are two different worlds. Private art is comfortable growth at one's own pace, while public art is compressed, pressured growth, leading to leaps in artistic development if not abandoned by facing pain publically. Mastery is establishing one's vo...

September 4, 2024

Master, then break the box.

A box is a beautiful frame until it becomes my prison. Mastery requires demolition, undoing, and liberation. Masters fly like birds, and so I, too, must let go and fly. lilatace.com

September 4, 2024

Public & private art are two different worlds.

I. Private Art: comfortable growth at own pace II. Public Art: compressed, pressured growth; leaps if not abandoned; facing pain in public III. Mastery: establishing one's voice through one's chain of art (portfolio) = carving one's place in art lilatace.com

September 3, 2024

Sing to liberate yourself. Then, sing to liberate the world. In other words, sing until there is no more you in the music. lilatace.com

August 31, 2024

Why is Jazz so divinely beautiful?

There aren’t multiple players. Jazz is one. lilatace.com

August 31, 2024

Journey to God through art.

I. Pain And Misery: You create a lot of ugly art to get to the bottom of it all. Purge the pain. II. Healing Journey (Self Healing): Art becomes purer and healthier with each trauma release. III. Dissolution Into God (Healing the world through art): Direct transmission of God through art. Art is a mirror of the artist's state of being ...

August 31, 2024

Coltrane.

listen I am nowhere near the channel he is — divine. His music puts me there — somewhere. No human — transmission. Gods. I Study them — they turn human. Confidence. Do something — anything? The thing only I can bring. lilatace.com

August 28, 2024

Agreed.

‘George Lucas A Life’ by Brian Jay Jones lilatace.com

August 28, 2024

The greater good is the only good.

The only intelligent way to live is to surrender because how can I — a minute drop of creation — see the bigger picture? lilatace.com

August 28, 2024

I trust life.

Life shows me what I need to see, gives me what I need to have, takes what I need to let go. lilatace.com

August 28, 2024

Instrument of creation.

Creation plays by its own drum, balancing the scales. I am but a speck on my isolated road. There’s the world’s heartbeat, but mine beats differently. I am selfish; is that where I go wrong? Art restores my connection. Art reminds me to be humble. Art is my gift of union. When there is art, there is but one collective being. And I am i...

August 27, 2024

Then, art changes the world.

Why does my art exist? Not all art is equal. Do I stand in the way of art? When there is me in the song, something is wrong. Is it about me? Art is for self-healing until the scales tip. Then, art changes the world. lilatace.com

August 27, 2024

Undo.

Play like a child. Write like a child. lilatace.com

August 25, 2024

Nowhere to hide.

'One guitar, one voice' exposes all. Where can I hide behind no arrangement, collaborators, or fancy production? I feel exposed—my state of being undeniably captured. Where to put the fear? Where to hide the heart? One naked moment of truth—my mirror, my learning tool. Complete exposure. Learn to love it. lilatace.com

August 25, 2024

Picasso and my creative process.

Today's recording session was hard. It feels like I wage a battle against myself daily. Today, I won. My goal is to create new art every day, Picasso style. Why was he the most famous painter in the world? — His creative output? Why was he so confident in his ability? — He painted until painting became his identity? What is my identity...

August 25, 2024

If somebody sees me in my songs, I've made a mistake. lilatace.com

August 25, 2024

Don't optimize your actions based on how people perceive you. Optimize your actions based on what's true to you. lilatace.com

August 22, 2024

Your catalog is your calling card. lilatace.com

August 22, 2024

Kafka.

Ich habe kein litterarisches Interesse, sondern bestehe aus Litteratur; ich bin nichts anderes und kann nichts anderes sein. I have no literary interest but consist of literature; I am nothing else, and I cannot be anything else. lilatace.com

August 21, 2024

And probably it's both.

Artists are not chosen; they choose themselves. lilatace.com

August 20, 2024

Tears in my eyes.

So You Want To Be A Writer? Charles Bukowski 1920 – 1994 if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter searching for...

August 20, 2024

The more an artist is authentic in their being, the more potent their art. Authenticity is felt. Faking is not art; it is, in fact, an act of hiding. lilatace.com

August 20, 2024

What if there's no image to uphold? lilatace.com

August 20, 2024

How does art change the world?

Hide it all in your art. Conserve it with your heart. Let it enter the world. Repeat. Living artifacts. Creative output. lilatace.com

August 18, 2024

Creative output.

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August 18, 2024

Universe.

One verse—one song. lilatace.com

August 18, 2024

Free fall.

The best artists have no walls to creation. No walls of perceptions of self and others. When they create, they free fall. Creation is dampened by, 'What will others think of me and my art?' Creation is boxed in by, 'Is this okay to share?' Creation is halted creating through identity. When all perceptions cease, creation creates itself...

August 17, 2024

Last bridge.

• I optimize for joy—not views, not money. • It’s not how it is now—it’s how it is a thousand songs from now. • I am acutely inspired by Picasso and his creative output. lilatace.com

August 17, 2024

Creating art we are creating ourselves. lilatace.com

August 16, 2024

Commandments of creativity.

• I do the work only I can do—my work, not a copy of someone else's authentic work. By being authentic, there is no competition. • Whenever there is something to capture, I capture it. When there is nothing to capture, I withhold. It's not my choice—it's what comes through me. • The potency of work comes from the state of doing. Non-do...