I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think interpretation is an art form.
Tori AmosWhen I am able to be present, listening - really listening - to a viewpoint described through someone else's lens, I am here in the now and alive.
Tori AmosWhen you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people?
Tori AmosThere certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their position or their authority. When I am present and in a nonreactive state, then I can become like snake and slide through their "intimidation net" back into the creative plane. When I am in a reactive state, I usually regret responding, because usually all that happens is that the intimidator feels righteously vindicated.
Tori Amos