Repetition Kills You

I used to think my life stops being meaningful when I begin to repeat myself. Now I know better.

As The Black Ghosts reveals in their song, "this (song) is a repetition of words, dancing needs a repetition to work," the secret of life, besides the trick to keep breathing, is accepting repetition, and learning to repeat while not repeating.

For people in the creative business, this is perhaps the most important revelation. Repetition doesn't kills you. Boredom does. How to repeat with style and interesting flavor to entertain your audience, and to stay relevant, is an art, even THE art, of creative lives.

And on a broader scale, isn't life a series of endless repetitions? We go to work, we knock off, we go on holidays, we get back to work. The mundaneness is torture, but only when you have mastered the routines, can you starting seeing the hidden possibilities and ironies.

And the fun to play with them.