Saved by sari
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
As we forged along, the band made an art out of asking for help—from our housemates, from our friends, from our fans, from our family, from anybody who’d give it.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
Around the same time that we built the hate-mail page, I started blogging regularly, sharing the good press, the bad press, and my emotional struggles riding the I AM LOVED! I AM HATED! yo-yo of praise and criticism as I tried to simultaneously balance touring, recording, managing the band, and whatever shreds were left of my local social life.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
In the band’s first three…
Some highlights have been hidden or truncated due to export limits.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
From what I’ve seen, it isn’t so much the act of asking that paralyzes us—it’s what lies beneath: the fear of being vulnerable, the fear of rejection, the fear of looking needy or weak. The fear of being seen as a burdensome member of the community instead of a productive one.