Monday満ちるさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Monday満ちるInstagram)「60 is…60. Nothing new or old about it, it just is. So this is me, at 60. Full cycle, and starting a new one. I’ll tell you the honest truth: this one is hitting me more than all the other decade milestones. I’m suddenly faced with the reality that I’ve lived longer than I will be living from here on, that my energy is waning and I’d better get sh*t done and travel to places I’ve always wanted to go, that life can’t be taken for granted. And as an artist, while I feel I have so much more to express, to grow, to explore the possibilities, my relevance has waned so much that I question if my insistence on continuing this musical path that started almost from birth has just become a passion project. I shared these thoughts with a dear friend who I’ve known since my teens, and she shared such endearing and earnest words: that as artists, if we are given that gift of talent (forgive me if this seems like I’m tooting my horn…), that we have a responsibility to ourselves, to others, to life to continue to create. That struck a chord. I don’t have a choice, or rather, I do and want to continue. And so it goes. Wearily turning the wheels into my next cycle of life, the wagon and wheels both a little more worn than the first cycle, fuller and heavier with weight, and yet I go with experience, with hope mixed with a little trepidation, armored with lifelong friends and a supportive family and community. And somehow, I know it’s going to be okay.」8月24日 7時12分