Ultimately, it doesn't really matter how you were raised. I think people are going to go their individual ways regardless of what's in their DNA or what's in the environment, which tends to make me want to place more emphasis on the idea that there is some kind of preordained Self in the universe that we're connected to. So it doesn't matter what your tribe is or what your family is--you're just going to go your own way anyway. I find it in spades in my family because none of us followed what my father did. My father was an ironworker and none of the sons followed in his footsteps--although I got a lot of my creative skills or proclivities from my father's side. My mother was creative in some ways, but I think I got more of the industrious creativity from my father as a kind of builder. I became a builder early on by playing with blocks and Legos and then having an interest in architecture as a result. For the most part, I'm sort of following my own nose. I like the idea that you're connected to the universe in some way so you have to capitulate to that option and hopefully, it will work either way. If you capitulate to the family business or family traditions that might not necessarily work either so it has to be a mix of everything.
Riff: 6/7/2021
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