Carol Kroll

Brian Wilson and Zooey Deschanel

Hmmmmmmmmmm. I am completely mezmorized by this interview. Fascinated? Kind of like seeing the two headed llama in the 1967 version of Dr. Doolittle. You know what I mean? Maybe not. I’ll get back to you on the correct terminology.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE her little vintage dress and is currently all of my envy!

(along with getting to have a heart to heart with a musical legend of course, but that should be obvious)

Artist on Artist: Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel

So, let me get all the facts in order, here:

-Zoey is an actress (one of my favorites in fact) who is ALSO making music on an indie level
-And Brian Wilson has heard her songs and likes them.
-And now they get to have a cool conversation about making music. A legend and a newbie.

That’s pretty flippn’ cool.

However, I was concerned a few times for the general line of questioning that was taking place concerning Mr. Wilson’s past, but

seems like he has made peace with it. And for a split second when Brian said he heard her songs, I put myself across the table instead of her and braced myself. Those kind of conversations could go a myriad of ways. But I’m glad it turned out ok in the end. Quite a compliment to say your harmonies sound like angels by one Brian Wilson. And what a nice guy to boot.

Here is Zooey’s new album and myspace page if anyone is interested in checking out her wares. It’s cool she’s doing this. It takes a lot of courage, really. Thanks Zooey.

As crazy as it seems, I myself am doing (hypno)therapy work to embrace the fact that it’s “ok” and even “encouraged” to creatively multitask. Lot’s of artists have, right? The great crossover I call it. Paul McCartney paints, for example. I have a book of his paintings and they are quiet cool in fact. Elvis Costello was a computer data entry guy and flippin’ hell look what happened there! A musical miracle.

So only recently am I bringing the two parts of me together being the visual and musical, and “embracing it” rather than having that feeling of unworthiness. Because that really affects the things you are making.

I have recently discovered that my “problems” are buried deep deep deep down. And it’s constant work. But good work mind you. And worth the fight. And on the physical plain, the more art and music I create the more weight I lose. When I stop making it (which happened 2 weeks ago) and start thinking like a jack ass, my weight stagnated and then went up. Without really changing what I was eating mind you. So I dusted myself off and I pressed on and now 6 LBS less later, am happy I did! Further proving my theories.

It’s too easy to get lost in the toxicity of negative thinking especially if you are addicted to it. And usually people like what they know. And if negativity, self loathing and low self esteem is all you know, then that feeling actually brings you joy in a very F’d up way. This is something I have realized and am working with. To give myself permission to feel I deserve to be happy. And dare I say proud of the things I make.

Mind you, as you read this blog from day to day, it is a constant struggle and takes a lot of work to retrain the horse that has been pulling your cart for 36 going on 37 years. So I have not mastered it obviously. But keep in mind, it is still listening to you. So stop whipping it. It doesn’t deserve that. Stop for a minute and appreciate where it’s taken you so far.